REPEAT offenders and siblings, Ravin and Alvin Samaroo, have been jointly charged with break and enter and larceny. They have also been charged with threatening their accomplice Clifton Ramsarran, who has since pleaded guilty to the charge at the Sisters Magistrates Court , East Bank Berbice.On January 17, last, the men are accused of breaking into the dwelling house of Shirley Chesney of Lot 90 Palmyra Village, East Canje , and stole in excess of $500,000 in cash and jewellery.

Prosecuting, Police Sergeant Phillip Sheriff , related to Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs -Marcus , that Ramsarran also called “Witch” and the others,removed the hinges off Chesney’s back door and thereafter stole a gas bottle valued at $10,000; a BMX bicycle valued at $10,000; a quantity of bed sheets valued at $300,000;two CD players valued at $45,000; one DVD player valued at $30,000; a quantity of jewellery valued at $100,000; and a blender valued at $10,000, totalling $ 505,000.

Sheriff noted that most of the items were recovered at an adjoining empty plot of land at Palmyra Village, where Ramsarran would frequent.
The prosecutor said it was Ramsarran who provided information which led to the arrest of the two Samaroo brothers.
Ramsarran has pleaded guilty, while his alleged accomplices have denied the charge. Both Samaroos pleaded not guilty. However, Ramsarran is expected to return to court on Friday for sentencing.

Meanwhile, in a related case, Anthony Bristol, 25, of Archie Street Cumberland, East Canje also appeared before the said court charged with receiving stolen articles .
According to Sheriff, a party of police investigators found the marked gas bottle behind a door at Bristol’s home.
The bottle was identified by the 52- year- old complainant,as that belonging to her and that which was removed from her property .
Bristol was granted $20,000 bail, and will have to join the remanded prisoners in the New Amsterdam Court on Friday, when both matters will he heard. Ramsarran will be sentenced on the adjourned date.