A FEMALE Tucber Park, New Amsterdam resident who was caught on surveillance camera stealing a purse containing a $100,000, was granted $ 60,000 bail when she appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court, before Magistrate Marissa Mithelholzer, in East Canje on Monday.
Initially, she pleaded guilty to the charge of simple larceny, but changed it to not guilty moments after. Police Corporal Winston Poliah, prosecuting, said that on June 10, last, the defendant, Keane France went into the Kassim Poultry and Grocery shop at Main and Kent streets in New Amsterdam, where Donette Hinds was concluding a business transaction.
But the virtual complainant was seemingly in a hurry, and was seen picking up her handbag from the shop counter, leaving the purse behind. France was seen looking at the purse as the complainant exited the building, before picking it up, placing it into her bag, concealing it with a black plastic, before exiting the store.
However, after realising that her purse and its contents were missing, the complainant returned to the store and thereafter reported the matter to Central Police Station. Following the report, the police uplifted the images from the surveillance camera, which was circulated via social media. Subsequently, France was identified, arrested and charged. The matter has been transferred to the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court for hearing on June 26.