Two construction workers who allegedly robbed a man of a gold chain were both remanded to prison on Tuesday when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Eighteen-year-old Alan Sobers of 29 West La Penitence Housing Scheme and Orston Vannooten of Lot 12 in the same community both pleaded not guilty to the charge of simple larceny.
It is alleged that on October 15, Sobers and Vannooten stole a gold chain valued at $135,000 from Michael Payne.
Payne who was also present in court said that he would usually work at the same construction site as Sobers and on the day in question he had taken off his chain and placed it in a plastic bag in a concrete block. He said that when he had finished his work he went back to the said concrete block and opened the bag where he discovered the chain missing. He said that soon after he raised an alarm about the theft Sobers disappeared. He then made a report to the police station and when Sobers was arrested he claimed to have given the chain to Vannooten.
However Payne stated that he would not continue with the matter since Sobers and Vannooten had offered to recompense him for the chain.
The magistrate then ordered that Sobers and Vannooten be remanded to prison until tomorrow when each of them would give Payne $67,500.
Why did the magistrate remand the young men when they have agreed to pay back the man for the chain? How are they gonna pay behind bars? And does Michael Payne has a receipt for this chain?
sandhurst…..in the first place why did they rob the man/? DO YOU KEEP RECEIPTS OF EVERY THINH YOU BOUGHT……BE REAL…TO LEARN THEM A LESON THAT WHY THEY WERE REMANDED……
You got a point there Sandhurst First! It is not necessary for them to be incarcerated when they have agreed to fully compensate the victim.
ofcorse you have to remand them until the promise is fulfilled.
Come on Sandhurst first, how do other people post bail? Of course their family has to come up with the money,lol.
Dont believe you guy……………
is you ask why they were remand….so i told you……….because they rob the man…you misinterpt
SANDHURST, First, dem agree fo pay fo de chain, second, YOU, even if, the only army you bin in was SALVATION ARMY!! you common sense would tell you that even if, you nah bin deh and you nah see because sandfly in you eye, dem church man nah guh compensate fo wha dem nah thief!! SANDHURST, third, use you military uniform and try fo figure out weh dem GUN get the money from!! SANDHURST, fourth, first, deh should not tek de man chain, deh wont ah had to worry about paying back!! SANDHURST, last, JAIL NO BAIL!!!
guyana bwoy i agree with you 101.
agree to pay back is good,but we have to be careful,questions need to be asked, where is the chain? who brought it? coz we cannot allow these things to go away lightly, before you get big things it must first start small.
Mackydog – Thanks for the shout out you give me bro.
How you gonna ask me why they rob them man?? Me nah been deh and see who tek the chain.
you should ask him if he has the reciepts for all the stuff he bought with other people’s credit cards in England.
Allisonnnnn, come on baby, you for one should know how the civilized world operates. They have admitted their guilt and have offered to repay, have a heart and let them go man.Thay have learnt their lesson already!