Cricket band thief jailed for four years

Kevin Washington

Lodge resident Kevin Washington was yesterday sentenced to 48 months in prison after he admitted to robbing a woman of a gold cricket band.

Washington, of Lot 43 Princes Street, Lodge first appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in April and had pleaded not guilty to robbing Porsha Jacobs of one gold cricket band valued $186,000.

The matter was transferred to Court Three of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for trial. Yesterday, shortly into the