RAYMOND Mark (no address given) was sentenced to three months imprisonment yesterday for stealing a security lamp.

He pleaded guilty to the larceny before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, admitting that, on September 11, at Charlotte and King Streets, Georgetown, he stole the light, valued $12,000, property of Sandeep Sharma.
Police Sergeant Gordon Mansfield, prosecuting, said the  defendant climbed a post and took down the fixture but was seen by a guard, who was on duty at the Maraj Building and  arrested him.
The Prosecutor said the light had been placed on the post, by the virtual complainant, to secure his business and it was recovered and is lodged at the Police station.
The thief had, unsuccessfully, begged the Court to give him a chance, claiming he was having some serious medical problems and needed money.