An unemployed youth on Monday told a City Magistrate that he was being wrongfully accused of attempting to break into a man’s home.
Kevin Augustine, 24, who was brought before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus said that he did not attempt to break into the home of Leslie Singh at Sheriff and Dennis streets, Campbellville, Georgetown, on February 23.
However, the prosecutor told the court that Augustine was seen on the roof of a shed. It was reported by the police that a window that leads to the house was already open when Singh spotted him trying to break into the house.
Augustine told the court that he was not the person on the roof. He explained after the person on the roof was spotted, the man fired a warning shot and that he started to run. The other person who was on the roof got away but the man caught up with Augustine. He said that Singh was armed with a cutlass, which he used to chop him several times. The man showed the court his bandages on his left arm and admitted that he ran but insisted that he was innocent.
The prosecutor objected to bail and said that according to the facts, Augustine was the person seen on the roof according to Singh. The Magistrate did not grant bail. The matter was adjourned until March 14.
