FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Randolph Nichols of Port Kaituma, North West District, Region One appeared yesterday before Georgetown Magistrate Ann McLennan, accused of breaking and entering the bond of Dexter Dummel at Kamaka, Mabaruma, in the North West District, on Friday, July 25, and stealing therefrom one water pump valued at $150,000.

He was refused bail, and the case was set for recall before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Friday, August 8.

Nichols was represented by Attorney-at-law Mr. Paul Fung-a-Fat, who told the court that the virtual complainant (VC) had asked his client to bring out the pump, and after he had left Port Kaituma he was locked up for 10 days.

The defendant said he was an employee of Dummel’s, and that Dummel’s pump had been recovered.

However, Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield contradicted the narrative put forward by the defendant and his attorney. He said the VC had secured his water pump in a bond, and discovered it missing some days later. He reported the matter to the police, and based on investigations, a search was carried out at Nichols’s home, where the pump was found.