On Tuesday October 24, 2007 the following matters were heard at the District “C” Magistrate Court in Charlestown presided over by Magistrate Yasmine Clarke.
Darren Webster of Government Road was charged with larceny. The charge was brought against him after the police carried out investigations into a report of a cellular phone stolen from an office in Charlestown on 19/10/2007.
It was alleged that the defendant was in the office before the phone went missing. The defendant was detained and searched later that day and a phone was found in his possession. The phone was then identified by its owner when shown to her. The defendant was convicted and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment.
Marlon Stapleton of Brown Hill was charged with two counts of malicious damage, which occurred on October 3,4, 2007 at Brown Hill. These charges were laid after investigations into two reports that persons had thrown stones through two church windows at Brown Hill. Acting on intelligence gathered the officers cautioned and questioned the defendant who replied, “Yea ah did it. I didn’t had anything to eat and gas went up inna me head.” He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years on both charges. The sentences are concurrent.
A juvenile of Cotton Ground was charged with three counts of larceny. Each offence took place on October 2, 2007 at Cotton Ground. One charge alleged that the defendant entered a dwelling house and stole a gold chain and a Motorola cellular phone. The other alleged that the defendant entered another dwelling house and stole a sum of $400.00 and the last charged alledged that the defendant stole a Nokia cell phone from yet another dwelling house. The cell phone and chain were recovered but not the money. The defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment on each charge. The sentences will run concurrently.
Vere Amory of Saddlers Village was charged with malicious damage. The offence took place while he was in police custody at the Charlestown Police Station He pleaded guilty and was fined $550.00 to be paid in three months or serve one month in prison.
Kenneth Gonzalez of Fountain Village was charged with exposing his person. The offence occurred on 18/9/07 at Fountain Village. He was fined $250.00 to be paid in one month or one month’s imprisonment. He was also charged with permitting another person to drive motorcar P4563 when they did not have any insurance and license. He was fined $800.00 for each charge to be paid in one month or serve one month’s prison time.
Abraham Yacoub of Barnaby Village was charged with driving without due care and attention, driving without a valid and expired license and driving without insurance. The offences occurred on August 6, 2007 on the Island Main Road. He was convicted and fine $800.00 to be paid in three month or one month imprisonment for driving without due care and attention and the same for driving with license and $1000.00 to be paid in three months or one month’s imprisonment for driving without insurance.
Shoaib Malik of Brick Kiln was charged with driving motor car P7294 without insurance. The offence occurred on 18/9/07. He was fined $800.00 to be paid in two months or serve two months’ imprisonment.
Guleo Santana of Brown Hill was charged with driving motor car P7862 without insurance. The offence occurred at Brown Hill on 5/8/07. He was fined $800.00 to be paid in three months or serve one month’s imprisonment.
