Taxi driver charged with looting during fire at Da Silva’s

Troy Burrowes

Taxi driver Troy Burrowes was yesterday charged with stealing valuables while pretending to help remove household articles during the fire at Da Silva’s House of Optics on Sunday.

Burrowes, 40, of Lot 502 West Ruimveldt, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where he pleaded not guilty to a charge of simple larceny.

Police say that on Sunday, September 1, at Middle Street, while Da Silva’s House of Optics was