2 men on $805,000 bail for car theft, fraud charges

Justin De Santos, a 19-year-old mechanic of Section ‘C’ Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was on Friday arraigned before Georgetown Magistrate Dylon Bess on a charge of stealing a Toyota 212 motorcar.

It is alleged that on October 23, 2021, at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he stole the car, valued at $1.3 million, property of Campion Chichester.
During a bail application, De Santos’s lawyer told the court that his client had been given the vehicle by Chichester to fix. For his part, the Police prosecutor told the court that De Santos had given conflicting addresses to the Police and court.
Additionally, the prosecutor said De Santos is currently being investigated for simple larceny. As such, the court was asked to deny the accused bail.
However, Magistrate Dylon Bess granted De Santos bail with the conditionality that he lodges his passport with the court and report to the Golden Grove Police Station, EBD, every Friday until the hearing and determination of his trial.
De Santos has been placed on $555,000 bail after pleading not guilty to the charge. The matter will be called again on January 13, 2022.
Meanwhile, in another matter before Magistrate Bess, 69-year-old operations manager Robert Ramdass of Second Street Herstelling, EBD, who has been charged with fraud, was released on $250,000 bail.
Before Magistrate Bess, Ramdass denied a charge which stated that between May 1, 2021 and November 30, 2021, at Robb Street, Georgetown, while being solely entrusted by one Bispat with $1,585,000 to deliver one new model Nissan X-trail SUV, he converted the money to his own use and benefit.
The Police prosecutor did not object to Ramdass being placed on bail. This accused will also make his next court appearance on January 13, 2022. (G1)