Leopold St man remanded over theft of clothing

Kevin George
Kevin George

Twenty-nine-year-old Kevin George, of Lot 100 Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to answer to the charge of simple larceny.

It is alleged that on June 13 and 14, at Cornhill Street, Stabroek, Georgetown He stole 60 pairs of jeans worth $528,000, one Lacoste golf shirt valued $27,000, sixty Polo golf shirts valued $264,000, Ten Armani Exchange T-shirts valued $130,000, and 8 Polo T-shirts valued $132, 000, and a quantity of Hanes vests and T-shirts valued at $100,000 Guyana dollars, for a total value of $1,241,000 and all belonging to Tamica Mentore.

The prosecutor objected to bail after taking into consideration, the high value of the items stolen.

The magistrate concurred and remanded George to prison.