FORTY-FOUR-year-old Mark Ashby of 70 Friendship Village, East Coast Demerara, was granted $50,000 bail when he appeared Thursday before city Magistrate Ann McLennan charged with larceny.Ashby denied the allegation that stated on Wednesday, June 10,2015, at Georgetown, while being employed as a clerk or servant at the Institute of Private Enterprise Development Ltd (IPED), stole the sum of $29,480.
Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Paul Fung-a-fat, in his request for bail for his client, explained that his client had issued a receipt when he received the mentioned money; however, Ashby forgot to lodge the money.
The magistrate placed Ashby on $50,000 bail, and ordered him to return to court on Monday, July 27,2015.