A labourer, who explained that he had been paid $500 to transport stolen items, was yesterday granted bail after denying a simple larceny charge.
Between March 23 and the following day on the Grove Public Road, Parmanand Insanally, 30, of 405 Block X, Diamond New Scheme allegedly stole $77,600 worth of items including an $18,000 wheelbarrow, 40 lengths of 5-inch steel rods valued at $11,790 and 2 spades, both valued at $2,600. The stolen items were the property of Tarachandra Khelawan.
Charged with receiving the stolen wheelbarrow was Ramesh Persaud, 42, of 159 Grove Squatting Area. It is the police’s case that Persaud, on March 24 on the Grove Public Road, received the property despite knowing that the said item was stolen. Both men pleaded not guilty when the charges were
