APPEARING in Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry’s court to answer a simple larceny charge, 19-year-old Godfrey Pereira (no address given) yesterday pleaded guilty to the offence, said he was sorry for his misconduct, and told the Chief Magistrate it would never happen again.Particulars of his charge said that on Thursday, February 6, at Quamina Street, Georgetown, he stole from Ronnie Hooper one Samsung Galaxy cellular phone valued at $120,000.
Police Inspector Michael Grant, prosecuting, said the defendant’s father works with the virtual complainant (VC), and that at around 10:30 hrs that day, Pereira’s father took his boss’s car to wash at the wash bay where he works. After he returned to the vehicle, Hooper noticed that his cellular phone was missing.
Pereira’s father questioned his son about the phone, and he denied stealing the article. Hooper then reported the matter to the police, and when the younger Pereira was arrested, he took police to his home, where he kept the phone.
Pereira will return to court on February 21 for Probation report and sentencing.
Written By Geeta Rampersaud
