A city court last Friday fined a shoplifter a total of $40,000 after he admitted to stealing and also wounding a security officer who caught him.
Derrick Persaud was fined on charges of theft and unlawful wounding when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The charge against Persaud stated that on January 6th, 2018, at the Nirva Supermarket at Sheriff and Craig streets, he stole two packs of turkey sausages, two soaps and another item. The total value of the stolen items was given as $3,900.
