East Canje home invader jailed for three years

Chris Rampersaud covers his face as a police officer takes him into the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court

An East Canje, Berbice man was yesterday jailed for three years by Magistrate Alex Moore, after he pleaded guilty to breaking into a Bath Settlement home and carting off approximately $1 million in cash and jewellery.

Chris Rampersaud of Canefield, East Canje, who appeared at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court broke into the home of Nafeeza Wazim at Bath Settlement on July 6, and stole four gold chains valued at $122,000, four gold rings valued $72,000, six pairs of gold bangles valued $725,000, three pairs of earrings valued $8,000 and $160,000. It was also stated in the charge that Rampersaud