Five charged with looting Digicel Linden store

Michael De Souza

The five men accused of a multi-million dollar looting of the Digicel store in Linden during the protest there were yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $150,000 each when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court

The allegation against Orville Mitchell, Evan Barker, Devon Thomas, Colin Cornelius and Michael De Souza is that between July 18 and 19 at Mackenzie Linden, they broke and entered the Digicel Cellular Smart Store and stole a quantity of cell phones, four plasma televisions and other accessories valued $9.3 million, property of U-mobile Cellular Incorporated, Digicel.

They are also alleged to have