A thirty-two-year-old carpenter who stole another man’s radio set valued $100,000 from his car was granted bail on Monday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Azeez Rabir of Kitty pleaded guilty to the charge of simple larceny.

On March 5, Rabir stole a radio set valued $100,000, property of Karin Kumar while it was in the possession of a taxi driver.

However, Rabir stated that on March 1 he received the radio set from the taxi driver who was drunk at the  time and had asked him to keep it for him. He said that sometime after he lent a friend the radio but  the taxi driver later made a report to the police station saying that he had stolen the radio.

Rabir said that he got the radio back from the friend and returned it to the taxi driver.

However, the prosecution stated that on the day in question Rabir gave the taxi driver $1,000 and asked him to purchase a bottle of rum for him. The prosecution said further that when the driver returned  he discovered the radio missing. He then made a report to the police station and Rabir was arrested and later charged.

The prosecution noted that the radio set was recovered.

The magistrate stated that the taxi driver in the  matter would  be summoned since he was not present in court and Rabir was subsequently placed on bail in the sum of $50,000 and ordered to appear back in court on May 14.