A 23-year-old vendor was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny.
Ceon Singh, of 512 North East La Penitence, pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in George-town.
It was alleged that on March 10, 2020, at East La Penitence, Singh broke and entered the property of Tenisha Edwards and stole an iPhone 7, valued $70,000, an LG cellular phone valued $40,000, an Amazon tablet worth $15,000, a handbag worth $5,000 and $40,000 in cash.
Singh, who was later arrested, told police where some of the stolen articles were.
As a result of his guilty plea, Singh was sentenced to nine months in jail.
Meanwhile, James Rodney, a friend of Singh, was yesterday charged and brought before Magistrate Daly on a charge of receiving stolen property.
It was alleged that between March 10 and March 18, 2020, at Stabroek, Rodney received the stolen LG cellphone, which was the property of Edwards, knowing it to be stolen or unlawfully obtained. He pleaded not guilty.
He was granted bail in the sum of $35,000 and ordered to report to the Brickdam Police Station every Monday at 9 am.
Osmond Wayne, a vendor and friend of both Singh and Rodney, was also charged with receiving property stolen in the break in. It was alleged that between March 10, and March 18, 2020, at Stabroek Georgetown, he received the Amazon tablet and a phone that were the property of Edwards, despite knowing them to be unlawfully obtained or stolen.
He, too, pleaded not guilty to the charge read to him.
He was granted bail in the sum of $35,000, and ordered to report to the Brickdam Police Station every Monday until the completion of his trial.
Both Rodney and Wayne are scheduled to return to court on May 15th, 2020.
