THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Ijah Byron of Lot 132 South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown appeared yesterday before Georgetown Magistrate Faith McGusty charged with stealing a motor car on Camp Street last Friday.The unemployed man pleaded guilty to the offence that, on July 18, at Camp Street, Georgetown, he stole one Toyota motorcar valued $2.7M, property of Annice Phoenix.

Police Prosecutor Seon Blackman said the virtual complainant’s (VC) brother had gone to a pharmacy on Camp Street to make a purchase, and when he exited the pharmacy he saw the defendant drive off with the car. The matter was immediately reported to police on patrol, and they contacted ranks at the Mobile Outpost, who later pursued and apprehended Byron at the corner of Thomas and Lamaha Streets in Kitty, Georgetown.

Byron pleaded guilty as charged, and was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.