Timehri woman charged with stealing over $5M in jewellery from employer

Surani Singh

A 38-year-old domestic worker who is accused of stealing over $5 million in jewellery from her employer was granted her release on bail yesterday after she denied the charge.

Surani Singh pleaded not guilty to the charge that between May 1st and June 11th, 2019 at Houston, East Bank Demerara, she stole a quantity of gold and diamond jewellery, valued $5,177,000, from Deowattie Singh.

The charge was read by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court two.