A man who admitted to stealing from two persons who he claimed owed him money, including local DJ, Magnum, was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday.
Levi Williams, 34, of Norton Street, Georgetown, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty “with explanation” to two charges.
The first charge stated that on December 7, 2019 at Cornhill Street, Georgetown, Williams stole $15,000 from Murdock Davis. The second charge stated that on December 6, 2019 at Georgetown, he entered the dwelling home of Darrell Romeo, known as DJ Magnum, and stole a laptop along with a laptop bag.
After admitting to the charges, Williams, who was unrepresented by counsel, told the court that he was working at Romeo’s house for some time and the DJ owed him $80,000. He said that he would often work and not get the complete payment.
Williams then explained that on the said day, Romeo left to go out and he forgot the door open. Williams told the court that he went inside and removed the laptop. He then pawned it to a friend at Stabroek Market. “I told the guy not to open the laptop because Darrell is my personal friend,” he said. Williams related that a few days after pawning the laptop, he returned and collected it and returned it to Romeo.
“Darrell got back his laptop and he still want me to get charge so I said, ‘fine, do what you have to do’,” Williams added. He then said that his friend’s attitude towards him was the reason for him stealing the laptop. Williams said that Romeo started treating him like a “nobody” and owed him money.
Meantime, in relation to the larceny from person charge, Williams told the court that he met Davis when he and a friend had a phone to sell. He said that Davis offered to pay the full price for the phone, but in parts. However, he never made the final payment. On the day the theft occurred, Williams saw Davis, who is a bus driver, counting money by his bus. He said that he walked pass him and snatched the money out of his hand.
Williams also told the court that he has served time before and “prison is not a nice place, jail time is waste time.”
He was then sentenced to 18 months in prison on the larceny from dwelling house charge and eight months for the larceny from person offence. The sentences will run concurrently.
