A thief who chose to grab a cellular phone from Guyana’s international long distance athlete Cleveland Forde saw the error of his ways when the runner chased him down and caught him, the court heard yesterday.
Wesson Hinds, 21, a confectionary vendor of 196 D’Andrade Street, Newtown was fined $50,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Hinds, who had initially pleaded not guilty, later changed his plea to guilty and said he was sorry he had committed the offence.
Hinds snatched the phone worth $40,000 from Forde on December 19 at Regent and King streets.
Forde who was also present in court said that on the day in question he was walking along Regent Street. He was about to send a text message when Hinds approached him, said “gimme dah phone” and snatched it. He said Hinds then started to run, and he gave chase. He caught up with him at the Brickdam Cathedral.
Forde told the court that he wanted his cell phone back as he was leaving for the US very soon on a scholarship.
The magistrate subsequently ordered that Hinds pay the fine or spend 12 months in prison.
He pick pon de wrong(or de right) man dis time! Well done, Cleveland Forde.
Ha ha ha….oh this is a great story!
well…you know that Cleveland got to be real decent not to pound him good, but put him in the hands of the law.
Thief caught after snatching long distance runner’s phone……..
Wesson Hinds, 21, a confectionary vendor……………..
Cant say Govt discriminate against him…..
Cant say he cant find wok……
Cant cry poverty………
Cant cry period about nothing…..
He is a thief and nothing but a thief…
Can you imagine how many times he done this to innocent folks who can not represent themeselves like Cleveland Forde….
Its good to see Hinds in the system now…..
Look for his name again in the near future…Wesson Hinds……..
He lucky Cleveland ain’t a boxer. Peace and Blessings all!
Alls that well ends well, how can you run from a runner, anyway i’m glad he was caught and is brought before the courts and a fine was given, hope he learned his lesson and desist from his crooked ways, because next time it may be worst.
Hinds was caught because he did not have “athlete’s foot.” Plus, I blame this incident on GT&T for blocking VOIP to café owners. Gotta to make those calls!
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Merry Christmas to you and all in Guyana…..
Congrats Cleveland,
You could have beaten the crap out of him but you would not allow that waste to spoil your future.
No wonder my sister leaves her cell phone home and we can’t call her when she is out.
Imagine a house phone and a cell at home too afraid to walk with her cell because of these wastrels on the road.
hahaha… this one made me laugh so hard. thief lucky the man didn’t break a few of his bones! :)
It’s a pity he wasn’t caught by the police first,,,I tend to like the “SCENIC” tours that accompanies police arrests.