TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Travis Hunt of Lot 101 Leopold Street, Georgetown is accused of snatching a pensioner’s bag. He appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and was placed on $50,000 bail.The car wash attendant denied that, on April 30 at South Road, Bourda, he stole from Sukwanti Mandar a handbag which contained her cell phone and money to the total value of $9,000.
Police Prosecutor Shawn Gonzales told the court that the elderly woman was walking along South Road when the defendant came up on a bike, snatched the woman’s purse and rode off. He was apprehended by a constable in the area after the woman raised an alarm, and the handbag was also found in his possession.
Gonzales objected to bail on ground of the seriousness and prevalence of the offence, and the penalty it attracts, but the magistrate overruled the prosecutor’s objection and granted Hunt bail. She also transferred the matter to Magistrate Annette Singh’s court for May 19.