Man gets nine months for theft from Bartica church

Mario Singh
Mario Singh

Mario Singh, the 37-year-old construction worker who admitted to stealing from the Good News Fellowship Full Gospel Church in Bartica, was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail.

The police yesterday said that Singh broke into the church over the weekend and stole

** Four cases of Malta valued at $20,000

** Three cases of Thrill soft drink valued at $7,800

** One music box valued at $150,000

He appeared yesterday morning before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court.

He pleaded ‘guilty’ and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment.