Teen gets $100,000 bail for snatching chain

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted a man $100,000 bail when he on Friday appeared in court charged with stealing a chain of similar value.

The allegation against Akeem Hymer is that on September 7, he stole from the person of Dexter Smart one gold chain valued $100,000, property of the said Smart. Eighteen-year-old Hymer pleaded not guilty to the offence when it was read to him in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The prosecution told the court that on