Denied bail on theft charge, conductor rethinks not guilty plea

Courtesy gave way to rage yesterday after a minibus conductor was remanded to prison on a charge that he stole a gold cricket band.

Kevin Washington greeted Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry with an enthusiastic “Good Morning” as he pleaded not guilty to the crime yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 1. It is alleged that on March 30, at Regent and Alexander streets, Washington robbed Porsha Jacobs of the gold cricket band, valued at $186,000.

The prosecution’s case is that Jacobs was in a taxi at the junction of Regent and Alexander streets when Washington approached the