Bourda Market labourer charged for stealing from GPHC
A labourer found himself before the court of Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday to face a charge of simple larceny.
According to the prosecution’s case, Clive Bobb, 41, of no known address, is
Quintin Anderson remains a patient to the Georgetown Public Hospital
accused of stealing on November 3, 2017, at New Market Street, Georgetown, a facing belonging to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) valued at $10,000.
Bobb vehemently denied the charge and claimed that on the day of the alleged incident he was near the vicinity of the Hospital riding his bicycle when he was accosted by two men who took away his beloved bicycle and arrested him. He further contended that he was beaten by a security guard while in custody at the Hospital’s Police outpost and accused of an offence he had no knowledge of.
Police Prosecutor Simone Payne did not pose an objection to bail, and when the Magistrate inquired, Bobb related that he had no one to post his bail, so he asked to be released on self-bail.
The case was transferred to be heard by Magistrate Annette Singh in Court 11 and the defendant was placed on $5000 bail.
