TROY Leacock of Kwakwani Park, Upper Berbice River, Region 10 was on $75,000 bail on break-and-enter and larceny charges last Friday when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Leacock denied that between March 21 and 22, at Kwakwani, Upper Berbice River, he broke and entered the shop of Bertram Welcome and stole $40,000 in cash.

Police Inspector Michael Grant, prosecuting, maintained that the facts were as the charge had stated, but did not object to the defendant being granted bail. The case has been transferred to the Kwakwani Magistrate’s Court for April 14.