Miner accused of stealing friend’s BlackBerry

A miner, who was accused of stealing his best friend’s phone, was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail, after he was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a larceny charge.

It is alleged that on September 3, in Georgetown, Collin Richards, 22, of Lot 42 Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, stole a BlackBerry Curve smartphone, valued $55,000.

Richards pleaded not guilty to