A GOAT thief was on Monday sentenced to 18 months’ jail by Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman for escaping from the Kitty Police Station because he wanted to go home.
Wazim Perreira, a father of two of North Sophia, pleaded guilty to the charge which alleged that on August 19,2018, while being in custody at the Kitty Police Station pending a criminal charge of larceny of cattle, he escaped from police custody.

The court heard that Perreira, while in custody at the police station, requested to use the restroom and a police officer slackened the handcuffs on him. The accused pushed the officer and bolted out of the station.

An alarm was raised and hours after, the accused was caught at his home.
“I just wanted to go home to see my two children and my wife,” Perreira told the court as he explained that he was frustrated.

When the charge was initially read to him, Perreira had told the court that he paid the police officer $10,000 to slacken his handcuffs for him to escape but he later charged his plea to guilty since he did not want to waste the court’s time.

He also explained that he did not steal the goat but instead he was asked by someone to carry the animal to graze and was caught by the police while tying it.

The Principal Magistrate sentenced Perreira to 18 months’ jail after considering his early guilty plea.