Accused housebreaker says was giving pit bull water

A break and enter accused on Wednesday told a court that he was giving a thirsty pit bull some water when persons approached him and accused him of stealing items from a home.

Junior Alleyne, 26, of 44 Princes Street, Wortmanville, explained to Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that he was giving a pit bull some water, when residents of Bel Air Park accused him of stealing from a woman’s house. Alleyne was read a charge which stated that on October 31, at Oleander Avenue, Bel Air Park, he broke and entered the home of