CLOTHES vendor Jason DeNobrega of Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme in East Canje, Berbice was remanded to prison by Magistrate Ann McLennan for stealing a cellular phone when he appeared before her on Thursday last.The 22-year-old defendant pleaded not guilty to the offence, particulars of which said that on Tuesday, March 25, in Georgetown, he stole from Natasha Dotson one Nokia cellular phone valued at $8,000.

Police Corporal Dinero Jones, prosecuting, said the defendant stole the cellular phone from the virtual complainant’s pants back pocket, but during investigations he was apprehended after a call was made to the phone.

DeNobrega was refused bail, and will make his next court appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on April 9