Accused electricity thieves granted self-bail

Two men were yesterday released on self-bail after they were charged with stealing electricity, when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Claude Williams of Lot 6 Belladrum Village, West Coast Berbice and mechanic Rudolph Bourne both denied that they unlawfully directed electricity to an East La Penitence premises on June 2nd.

Williams’s attorney expressed surprise at the laying of the charge against him in the light of the