ASIF Mohamed (no address given) was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment yesterday, for simple larceny. The custodial punishment was inflicted on him after he pleaded guilty to the offence, before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
The prisoner admitted that, on March 2, he stole one electric saw and two electric drills, valued a total of $70,000, property of Michelle Dutchin.
Police Corporal Venetta Pindar, prosecuting, told the court that the virtual complainant and defendant are known to each other.
The prosecutor said, that day, Dutchin asked Mohamed to repair her music system and, after he did not arrive at her home, she made checks around the house and discovered the tools missing.
The prisoner, when arrested, confessed to committing the crime and disclosed, in court, that he previously served a similar sentence for it. (Nathalene DeFreitas)