A miner who initially pleaded “guilty with explanation”, was remanded to prison yesterday, after he was charged for stealing a bicycle.
The charge read to John Brooms, 43, by Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, alleged that on January 15, at D’Urban Street, Georgetown, he stole a bicycle valued $30,000 from William King.
After pleading “guilty with explanation” to the charge, Brooms said he didn’t steal the bicycle but merely picked it up from a corner and rode it to the next corner.
