FORTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Mark Singh seized the opportunity to break- and-enter the home of Josiah Davis after police had arrested Davis on July 14 for a trafficking in narcotics’ offence. He was rewarded with two years’ jail for his enterprise.

Singh, of Number 79 Village, Corriverton, appeared before Springlands Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh and pleaded guilty to the charge of break-and-enter and larceny, particulars of which detailed that between July 14 and 23, 2015, he broke and entered the dwelling house of Josiah Davis, and stole therefrom one grass cutter worth $137,000; one 32-inch flat-screen television set worth $60,000; one electric fan worth $7,000; a DVD player worth $7,000; a quantity of mechanical tools worth $20,000, and miscellaneous items, all to the total value of $311,000.

Police sergeant Phillip Sherrif, prosecuting, told the court that on July 14, the virtual complainant secured his premises after he was arrested by the police on a charge of trafficking in narcotics.

Upon his being granted bail, on July 23, he returned to his home and discovered it ransacked, and the mentioned articles missing.

Following a report at the Springlands Police Station, an investigation was launched, and some of the articles were recovered.

By Jeune Vankeric