It is alleged that on September 29, at Georgetown, Richard Clarke stole one motorcycle bearing registration number CD 9424 and valued $250,000, the property of Nigel Gravesande. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge of simple larceny when it was read to him.
Prosecutor Lionel Harvey told the court that on the said day, Gravesande parked his motorcycle in his yard and went to bed. When he got up the following morning to go to work however, he saw the cycle parked at a mechanic shop near his residence. After enquiring from the proprietor about the reason for his cycle being parked at the mechanic shop, the mechanic then told him that Clarke had brought the cycle to him to have the battery charged. The police were called and Clarke was arrested and charged.
The prosecutor told the court that the defendant is a known character and asked that she remanded him to prison.
In his defence, Clarke told the court that he bought the cycle from a friend at 4 am on the day in question and after riding it for some time it developed mechanical problems. He said he then took the bike to the mechanic to have the battery charged. Clarke said he then went in search of the friend from whom he had bought the bike but later discovered that the friend had journeyed to the interior.
The magistrate ordered that the cycle be photographed and returned to Gravesande.
She then remanded Clarke and ordered him to return to court on October 20 for statements.
