Man stole purse while posing as garbage collector – court hears

A young man was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that he allegedly posed as a garbage collector and stole a woman’s purse.

The charge read by city magistrate Faith McGusty stated that on June 4, at Robb Street, Trefton Barker, 18 of Leopold Street, stole a cellphone, valued $5,000, a handbag valued 12,000, $20,800 as well as an identification card and a National Insurance Scheme card belonging to Tiffany Gilbert.

He pleaded guilty to the charge.

Gilbert, who works at the Demerara Mutual Life Insurance building on Robb Street,