A 21-year-old homeless man who stole a quantity of fibre optic cable belonging to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) was yesterday sentenced at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to 12 months in prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.
Mohamed Hamid accepted the August 18 simple larceny charge which stated that at the Kingston Seawall, Georgetown, he stole 12 metres of fibre optic cable valued $300,000, property of GT&T.
When the matter was initially called,
