A MAN, who admitted stealing a mirrored glass from a motorcar, on Friday, appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was sentenced to eight weeks imprisonment.

Taijpaul Narine pleaded guilty when the simple larceny charge was read to him.

He admitted that on October 21 at Hadfield Street, Georgetown, he stole one mirror glass valued at $10,000, property of Lyndon Amsterdam.

The court was informed that on the day in question, at about 14:25 hours, Amsterdam parked his Nissan X-trail vehicle outside his Lot 77 Hadfield Street office. While in the building, his staff informed him about suspicious activity which was occurring outside.

Upon looking out, he observed a male, who was later identified as Narine. Amsterdam went to his vehicle and noticed that the right side mirror was missing.

He immediately confronted Narine. A check of his person unearthed the missing mirror. Narine was arrested and later charged for the offence.

Magistrate Daly gave Narine an ultimatum to either pay a fine of $30,000 or serve eight weeks imprisonment. Narine, unable to afford the fine, settled for the prison sentence.