-youth accused of snatching chain
A man who allegedly snatched a gold chain from a woman was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Nineteen-year-old Darius Barrington of 643 Block X, South Sophia pleaded not guilty to the charge of larceny from the person.
It is alleged that on December 4, Barrington stole a gold chain valued $30,000 from Shonette Greene.
Greene, who was also in court, stated that she was proceeding west along Brickdam when Barrington who was riding his bicycle in the opposite direction rode up to her and snatched her gold chain. She said that she started screaming and Barrington fell off the bicycle. Greene told the court that Barrington got up and started running but a taxi driver chased after him and apprehended him on South Road and handed him over to the police. Barrington was arrested and later charged.
However, Barrington stated that “I dey going to wuk when I get frame charge.” He said that he did not snatch Greene’s gold chain but “I wan finish de story so I gon pay foh de chain.”
The magistrate ordered that Barrington be remanded to prison and that he appear again in court on December 9 with the money to recompense Greene for the chain.
You get frame charge and wanna pay fuh don de story?? yet ya still been running away from the scene of de krime? you guilty like the government……..straight to jail for you!
i hope u are a news reporter you always on the scene first no offense i agree with 91% of your funny comments
lmao!!!!that was funny,lol
now wait a minute;sand man.this poor boy BARRINGTON was going to work on his bicycle when greene started screeming at him for not taking a cab .he got nervous and fell.then started running to his job when he was apprehended by an angry taxi driver accusing him of stealing a chain from greene and was handed over to the police.he even beg to pay for the chain and finish the story but the magistrate put him in jail…….sad story .sand man you found this boy guiltyl???sometimes l wish FULANO was the magistrate,,i know he would let this innocent boy walk
ayuh got me peein up wid laff hay!!! he ent do nuttin but he runnin away, now he waan pay fuh doin nuttin so di story coud done. Sound like a good story fuh “stupidee bill & sensee bill”
Yeah Crow, I’d let him walk to all the clogged drains that need clearing & unnecessarily buhy areas that need weeding, then right back to the lock-ups for the next 5-10 years. That way when he’s walking (without hand-cuffs & police guards)in the freedom of society he’ll know what work is & how to appreciate the fruits of labour
wow!
However, Barrington stated that “I dey going to wuk when I get frame charge.” He said that he did not snatch Greene’s gold chain but “I wan finish de story so I gon pay foh de chain.”
pro snatcher he is…the magistrate should see right through him and give him a sentence to reflect that his snatching days should be over…
This is nonsense, pay for the chain and no jail time? How is Guyana going to get rid of criminals who prey on the poor, if the solution to their criminal activity is to have them compensate the victim? ISNM
if they do wanna pay back when they commit a crime..then why commit a crime??? so you see it might work if all criminals think this way!
ULRIC, I got a solution,,, Give all criminals a clean criminal background check, visas and airfare to any destination out of Guyana.LOL.
lol, i want finish the story so i gon pay foh de chain is an admission of guilt, i hope you get your just punishment and learn that crime don’t pay.
i hope that chain cost 5k or 10k and let him pay 30k he stole that chain right now i does wear me own at home take all the pic at home and when i finish hit the road with the fake (tee hee) these thieves dont mean to finish one had literally dragged me from go slow to kfc by man chain to snatch it off and when i start to holler ppl say how they thought was man and woman story police and magistrates pls jail these thieves and have them do community work so that we can have a good and green georgetown for latter part of 2009
What happened to the chain? Did he swallow it? If he was caught shortly after the act, should he not have the chain in his possession? Or did he discard it while fleeing? Maybe, we need to ask the taxi driver, don’t you think?
most likely they have an acomplice when snatching where no one can see when they throw it…and if caught –no goods on them…i stood there once and saw how they operate…told the copper who to go to first..bang…others chasing the snatcher…police got the acomplice with the wallet….both of them get their mouths busted up b4 police took em away….
Why you tell them that you have one home?,,,you gon be a target now….
A court settlement is it all.
No jail. No fine.
Perhaps court costs as now seem to be the practice.
Yes he snatch de chain, but where it gone to?
He was chased and caught and arrested and charged.
Now who gat de chain?
Hopefully not the catcher, nor de police!
Shades of intrigue.
Case settled.
Pay de compensation.
There were more serious cases, like rape, accident death,
and they were settled by settlement without any court fine
or imprisonment.
Pay and settle.
It dun.
Kudos to the taxi driver for apprehending this “career chain -snatcher” and handing him over to the GPF minus a “first-class public-spirited citizen beating”! Luck fella! He should challenge Mr. Corbin for the leadership of the PNCR because by his answer he did not “confirm or deny” he ever snatch this woman’s chain …he just wanted to be a “good” Samaritan and pay for it. Very slick!