A man who said he was forced to steal a cell phone and sell it in order to get money because he was hungry and without a job was yesterday fined $20, 000 by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty when the matter was heard in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
In his admission to stealing the phone, the unrepresented man, Devrox Jones, appealed for leniency, telling the court “I didn’t mean to do what I did. I am a first time offender. I was hungry and looking for a job … It was a mistake.”
Jones was arrested by members of the public who he
