Lumber deal lands logger on false pretence charge

A logger accused of pretending that he could supply a man with a quantity of lumber, knowing this to be false, was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The allegation against Randolph Thorne is that on March 29, at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, he obtained from Leon Cort $50,000 by falsely pretending to the said Cort that he was in a position to supply him with 5,000BM