–but it just didn’t work out for him

A 40-year-old man was on Monday sentenced to 36 months imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman for two counts of break and enter and larceny.

Michael Singh admitted that on September 11 at Lot 64 King Street, Georgetown, he did break and enter the storage bond of Asraf Ali and stole a quantity of footwear valued at $40,500.

He further confessed that on November 1, at the same location, he again broke into the storage bond and stole $367,280 worth of footwear.
Apparently,not wanting to waste the court’s time, the unrepresented defendant told the magistrate, “Your worship, I was there, and I did steal a couple of footwear, but one man alone can’t steal all of them footwear that they calling.”

He even tried appealing to the magistrate’s softer side, saying that since his wife left him, he hasn’t been himself.
He also admitted selling the booty to buy cocaine with the money.
Needless to say, the magistrate was unmoved and sentenced Singh to 18 months jail, consecutively, on each of the two charges.