Thief swallows chain after being caught

A thief, who snatched another man’s chain from round his neck and then swallowed it after he was caught, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison.

“I am very much sorry. Please for a small sentence or something,” miner Kenard Persaud begged Magistrate Judy Latchman after pleading guilty to the charge of larceny from the person at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court

Persaud accepted that on August 7, at Georgetown, he stole a