A MAN accused of stealing mangoes from the Thirst Park compound was on Wednesday ordered to perform 10 hours of community service by Georgetown Magistrate, Ms. Geeta Chandan–Edmond.

Rabindra Singh, a vagrant, pleaded guilty to the charge which said that on Monday, November 3 at Banks DIH Thirst Park, around 08:45hrs, he gained unauthorised entry into the compound where he stole the mangoes.
Singh was caught by a security guard on duty, and when questioned as to how he had gained entry, said he was hungry, so he just jumped the fence and made his way up the mango tree.
The defendant was arrested and taken to the Ruimveldt Police Station, where a charge was filed for the offence committed.
Singh pleaded with the court that he is homeless and was evidently hungry; all he wanted was the mangoes.
The magistrate ordered that he perform 10 hours of community service around the Georgetown Magistrates Court, or serve seven days imprisonment. Singh accepted the community service order that took effect yesterday.