A thirty-eight-year-old man was today sentenced to18 months in jail for stealing items belonging to his uncle. The man, Neville Haynes, of North East Lepenitence pleaded guilty when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
The court was told that on April 10 last, Haynes was asked to keep a number of items by his uncle, but he instead fraudulently converted the items to his one use. The items entrusted to the man were: a refrigerator, a music set, a DVD player, 2 cell phones and a gold ring valued at $679,000.
The elder Haynes said when he returned to his nephew’s house, the doors were locked and he was told that the man was in police custody.
After collecting the keys from his nephew at the station, he could the mentioned items missing but he did find a receipt from the Elegance Jewelry and Pawnshop showing that the items were placed in pawn by Neville.
The men had an exchange of words in the court when his uncle told the magistrate not to show mercy to the accused.
The young man then said to his uncle” You just vex that ya get put out “.
The uncle laughed and replied to him ” I made a decision to move out…… you deserve 15 years.”