TONEY Singh, 22, and 20-year-old Christopher Edwaroo (no addresses given) appeared before Georgetown Magistrate Ann McLennan Monday, charged with simple larceny.

They both pleaded not guilty to the charge, which alleged that on November 9 at Lamaha Street, Queenstown, they stole from Allum Tunam Holdings one roll of flex tape and a quaintly of electrical wire to the total value of $90,000.

The two accused told the court that they live in the market and would pick up scrap metal for a living.

Police prosecutor Michael Grant objected to bail on grounds of the nature, gravity and prevalence of the offence and the fact that either defendant had previously been convicted for offences similar in nature to the one they now faced. Grant also noted that a security guard had recovered the stolen articles on the defendants in a yard, and that neither defendant had a fixed place of abode.

The Prosecution’s objections were upheld, and Singh and Edwaroo were remanded to prison until December 9, while the matter has been transferred before Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond.