Mason gets $350,000 bail over theft of car, other items

A 21-year-old mason accused of stealing a motorcar and other items totaling $4.3M was yesterday placed on $350,000 bail when he made his appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

The allegation against Kadafi Prettipaul is that on August 12 at Georgetown, he stole from Vonte Alleyne one Toyota AT 212 motorcar valued $3.5M, US$3,000, $163,000 and a cell phone and charger valued $38,000, all totaling $4.3M.

The defendant denied the simple larceny charge