A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday, on a larceny from the person charge.

Particulars of the offence, to which the lad pleaded not guilty, said, last August 17, he stole a $35,000 gold band, property of Devon Abrahams.

The magistrate ordered a probation report on the case and instructed that the defendant be kept in Police custody until September 8.