Clothes vendor jailed for stealing gold band

A clothes vendor who pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing a gold band from another man was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Jason DeNobrega, 18, on October 13, at Charlotte Street, stole from the person of Vincent Metivier-Ali a gold cricket band valued $240,000.

Prosecutor Lionel Harvey told the court that Metivier-Ali was inspecting a construction site at Charlotte Street when he