PATRICIA Cornet of Barrack Street, Kingston appeared Monday before Georgetown Magistrate, Ann McLennan to answer a charge of stealing electricity, particulars of which detailed that, on November 10, she fraudulently abstracted an electricity supply from the Guyana Power and Light Inc. to her home.

The prosecution’s case was that, at about 18:30hrs on the day in question, police and GPL workers went to Cornet’s home and observed that illegal wires were connected thereto from the GPL power line.

The defendant was told of the offence and was arrested. Investigations were carried out and the defendant was charged.

Miss Cornet pleaded not guilty to the charge, telling the court that she was not the person who had set up the wire, but was rather the person who was getting the electricity from it.

She was fined $50,000, and was ordered to pay the fine within three weeks, or serve eight weeks’ imprisonment.