TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Trinidadian Anthony Nestor who is accused of defrauding two city hotels was Friday remanded to prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman. Nestor, who resides in Kitty, Georgetown, while in Guyana was charged for two counts of incurring debts by false pretence but strongly denied the allegations.
Particulars of the first charge allege that between April 1 and April 15 at Campbellville, Nestor incurred a debt of $206,824 at the Brandsville Hotel by pretending the he had a valid credit card to pay his expenses. He was further charged for incurring a debt of $66,898 at the Opas Hotel, Campbellville, between August 15 and August 18 by pretending the he had a valid credit card to pay his expenses.
The defendant’s lawyer, Mr. James Bond, requested that his client be released on bail since he was supposed to get married on December 13 and his fiancée was pregnant.
The lawyer further noted that Nestor was the registered owner of the Guyana School of Ethics which will be launched soon.
“My client had stayed at the Brandsville Hotel four times prior and there was never an issue for payment” Bond told the court.
However, police prosecutor Shawn Gonzales strongly opposed the accused being released on bail, since Nestor is not a Guyanese national and poses a possible flight risk.
The magistrate ruled in the prosecution’s favour and remanded the accused until November 18.
Anthony Nestor, the CEO of Trinidad-based company Nestor Enterprises Limited, back in May had launched the “Golden Jubilee Wine” in Guyana.
In 2014, Nestor was charged in Trinidad with stealing close to quarter of a million dollars from six persons and defrauding a travel agency of six airline tickets.