A 48-year-old resident of Diamond, who allegedly stole a metal grill door, was, on Thursday, October 31, 2019, sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, in absentia, by Magistrate Rondel Weever, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The charged stated that, on August 28, 2019, at Thomas Lands, Georgetown, Miller stole a metal grill door, property of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) valued at $35,000.
Miller made his first court appearance in August 2019, and pleaded guilty with explanation.

The man told the court that, he was staying in Georgetown, because he was having some domestic problems at home, and stayed at the bottom flat of a building in Thomas Lands; there he met two persons who gave him the impression that they were the owners of the property and asked him to move the said item to another location.

Upon his return to the said building, Miller was approached by the police and informed about the stolen item. He was later arrested and charged.
“I had no idea I was stealing” he said.
Miller was released, in August, on $15,000 bail.