Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with damage to property and simple larceny over the raiding of a tomb at Hampshire Cemetery, Corentyne.
A woman who was charged with conspiring with the men was placed on $50,000 bail.
On Friday last, relatives of Vishnu Samaroo, also known as “Antonio”, 19, who died on January 18 after losing his battle to stage four cancer discovered that his tomb had been broken into and his body tossed aside. The young man was buried three days after he succumbed. There had been reports circulating in the community that Samaroo had been buried with valuables.
Roopchand Thomas also known as “Lil Shawn” 19, and Leon Scott, 25, both labourers of Hampshire Squatting Area, Corentyne, and Shantee Bhudram, 27, of Hampshire Village, Corentyne, appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh.
It was stated that between Tuesday, February, 15, and Wednesday Friday 16, Thomas and Scott broke into the property of Amarali Samaroo and stole items and caused damage to the value of $130,000.
The court heard that Bhudram is related to the deceased and was in attendance at his funeral. After she saw valuables being placed in the coffin she returned home and told the two accused and encouraged them to break into the tomb to steal the items.
The three were not required to plead and bail was subsequently denied. However, after Budhram told the court that she is a single mother of seven with her youngest being less than a year old she was granted bail in the sum of $50,000.
The three will return to court on March, 8.
Thomas and Scott also pleaded guilty to stealing a phone on January, 26. They were each sentenced to six months in prison for that matter.
