CITY Magistrate Faith McGusty sentenced a West Ruimveldt, Georgetown man on Wednesday to three years in prison, after he was found guilty on a breaking and entering charge.Thirty-seven-year old Carlos Braithwaite had pleaded not guilty to the offense, which stated that he broke and entered the home of Hemachandrie Kissoon on January 16, 2017 at Cummings Street, Georgetown and stole a Sharp TV, valued at $69,000, an iron and a DVD Player, valued at $14,000 in total.

When the charge was read against Braithwaite during his first appearance, the court heard that on January 16, at Cummings Street, Georgetown, Kissoon secured her home and she and her children retired to bed.

During the night, however, she awoke to a noise coming from her living room. When she got out of bed, and ventured outside, she noticed a man in her house. Police Prosecutor, Seon Blackman, in his facts stated that Kissoon gathered her children and ran over to the home of a neighbour, who is a police officer. When the officer went to her house, the accused escaped. He was later captured by police.

Braithwaite had then told the court he was innocent, saying, he was walking through the Bourda area when the police apprehended him.