A 56-year-old man was sentenced to nine months in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing a number of hardware items before Magistrate Dylan Best at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Osman Hussain
Osman Hussain, who is a security guard, told Magistrate Dylan Best in mitigation that he stole the items for his own home since his home was short of the items.
The charge against Hussain stated that between December 2015 and September 29, 2016 he stole a number of hardware items from a storage bond belong to Ravindranauth Ramsingh, worth a total value of $550,000.
The prosecution’s facts stated that the Virtual Complainant (VC) secured his storage bond located at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, and left the defendant to provide security services; however, upon his return, he noticed that all of his items were gone. The prosecution added that the VC made a report to a Police Station and an investigation was carried out which unearthed the missing items at the defendant’s premises.
