A TWENTY-five-year-old man was sentenced to six months imprisonment on Tuesday for break and enter and larceny committed on the AmeriJet bond in 2003. Ryan ‘Patchie’ Waddell of Bones Scheme, Timehri, East Bank Demerara, was found guilty after a trial was conducted before Magistrate Leron Daley at the Providence Magistrates Court.
Particulars of the charge said that between November 19 and 20, 2013 at Timehri, East Bank Demerara, he broke and entered the storage bond of AmeriJet and stole a quantity of articles valued at $813,400 property of the United States Embassy.
The matter was prosecuted by Police Inspector Michael Grant, who called a total of eight witnesses to testify on behalf of the state.
Magistrate Daley took into consideration the fact that Waddle had been incarcerated for 18 months before sentencing.
Waddell and another man, Albert ‘Bonnie’ Rajaram, were charged jointly with the offence. However, Rajaram was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by former Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, after he accepted on his first court appearance that he had committed the offence.
According to reports, Waddell and Rajaram were caught on Close Circuit Television cameras (CCTV) plundering the AmeriJet bond. (Geeta Rampersaud)