Robert Lewis appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of theft.
It is alleged that on Monday June 5, at Cornhill Street, Georgetown, he stole from Shenice Forinha, a Samsung Galaxy A03 cellular phone valued at $68,000 and another.
The particulars of the offence stated that Forinha and Lewis are known to each other. On the day in question, Forinha was travelling in the back seat of a car with the windows down. When the motorcar stopped at Cornhill Street, Lewis approached it, pushed his hands through the open window and grabbed the two cellular phones which she was holding in her hands at the time. He then escaped south on Cornhill Street.
Forinha then decided to check around the area in the hopes of seeing the thief. While on Croal Street, she saw Lewis being held by a uniformed police officer. She approached the officer, told him what had transpired and immediately pointed out Lewis as the person who snatched her cellular phones. He was searched and one of the phones was recovered in his pants pocket. The accused was told of the allegation, cautioned and arrested and was taken to the Brickdam Police Station when he was placed into custody.
In court, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge that was read to him.
The police prosecutor objected to bail on the grounds that the phone was found on the defendant’s person and he has several other similar charges before the court. The magistrate concurred and bail was refused.
He is expected to make his next court appearance on July 12.
