A man was yesterday remanded after a City Court heard that police at the Security Command Centre observed him in the act of removing items from a car parked on Albert Street, Georgetown.
Seon Douglas, 40, of Lot 46 Palm Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown was taken before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with stealing cash from a parked motorcar.
It is alleged that on May 29, at Albert Street, Georgetown, he stole $75,000 cash, property of Lauren Dundas.
Douglas pleaded not guilty to the charge, however, he was not granted bail after the police prosecutor informed the court that the man had pending matters at the court and there was sufficient evidence to convict him of the charge. The prosecutor also objected to bail based on the grounds that the charge is serious in nature.
The facts presented to the court state that on the day in question, Dundas secured her purse which had the money in it and left it in her boyfriend’s vehicle, which was parked between Thomas Lands and Woolford Avenue, outside of the Track Sports Bar.
The prosecutor said that the Security Command Centre made a call to the Brickdam Operations room and indicated that they observed Douglas entering the car – PPP 7305 – and removing something from the vehicle. A patrol was then directed to the area and were able to arrest Douglas. They requested to search his person and upon doing so, they found an improvised Toyota Allion key.
The owner of the vehicle was then contacted and upon checking the car, it was discovered that the money was missing. The suspect was subsequently arrested and cautioned and the incident was reported to the Brickdam Police Station.
The matter will be called again on June 23.
