POLICE Inspector Stephen Telford, prosecuting in Court One yesterday, did not object to the grant of bail for two alleged church robbers for whom he had no addresses.
The accused, Colin Primo, 42, and Wendell Sobers, 38, appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton and were represented by attorney-at-law Paul Fung-A-Fat, who presented the court with addresses for the men.
Primo, a father of seven, of Lot 352 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, and Sobers, a father of five, of Lot 497 East Ruimveldt, both Georgetown addresses, were not required to plead to the joint charge.
The allegation is that, between last August 18 and 19, they broke and entered the Ruimveldt ‘Life Improvement Centre’, Assembly of God, a place of divine worship, and stole a graphic equalizer, two keyboards, a guitar, a quantity of cables, a pair of emergency lights and other articles, all valued $1,600,000.
Fung-A-Fat said a friend of Primo gave him an equalizer to sell and that Police officers did not find anything in their possession. There was no caution statement, he added.
Prosecutor Telford then told the court that he did not have any addresses for the two accused but that he was not objecting to their pre-trial freedom.
Magistrate Octave-Hamilton responded that having no addresses represents the “incompetence of the Police” and that Telford was simply showing up such incompetence.
Attorney-at-law Adrian Thompson represented the pastor who appeared on behalf on the church and requested that the items be returned as the church needs to continue its operation but the Magistrate said she could not pronounce on this aspect of the case at present.
Primo and Sobers were each released on $250,000 bail and the matter will be called again on September 29.