REPEAT offender Inshan Ali was on Thursday handed a six-month prison sentence when he pleaded guilty to a simple larceny charge before city magistrate Faith McGusty.The charge read that on September 15 at Lombard Street, Georgetown, Ali stole 19 wing mirrors, property of the Guyana National Industrial Company (GNIC).

Insisting that he had been assisted by three others in committing the theft, Ali begged the magistrate for leniency.

The facts in the case are that a security guard attached to the company caught Ali red-handed removing a window of the company and apprehended him.

It was further revealed in court that Ali has a history of being charged for offences of a similar nature and for being a regular in the Georgetown Prison.

Considering that the items had been retrieved and that the accused hadn’t wasted the court’s time, the magistrate sentenced Ali to six months’ incarceration, and admonished him to keep away from bad company. (Clestine Juan)