EIGHTEEN-year-old Ricardo Welch wept after being informed by Magistrate  Sherdel Marcus-Isaacs that he would be remanded to prison on a charge of receiving stolen articles.

At the New Amsterdam Court on Tuesday, the teenager was not required to plead to the indictable charge laid by Detective Constable Eustace Lynch.
The defendant confessed to  leaving the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) two years ago, and also to having two other charges, namely using abusive language and unlawful wounding, currently engaging the attention of the court. Further, he acknowledged that his absence was due to his inability to compensate the victim in those matters.
However, the court in advising him noted that he should have attended his court hearing, and explain his difficulties, instead of being repeatedly absent.
In the current case, the police said on Monday, June12015, at Levi Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, he received from Delroy Paul a gold chain, two rings and two bangles, property of Harris Richard, knowing same to be stolen or unlawfully obtained.
The case has been fixed for hearing on Monday.