CHARLTON Shibley (no address given) was yesterday fined $20,000 with the alternative of six months imprisonment for simple larceny.

He pleaded guilty before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, admitting that, on October 11, he stole one hair trimmer, valued $4,500, property of Courts Guyana Inc.

Shibley said he was working as a painter, in the Main Street, Georgetown store, when he took the tool and gave it to another man to keep but, on his return to the premises, the staffers beat him before handing him over to Police.