Carpenter slapped with 3 additional charges

Forty-seven-year-old Anand Bhola of South Section, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara (WBD), who was earlier this month arraigned on theft allegations amounting to $564,000, is once again slapped with three additional charges.
He appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool on Thursday last and denied that on April 24, 2018, at North Section Canal Number Two Polder, he stole 15 Mamey fruits belonging to farmer “Deoranie”.
The defendant was also accused of stealing Kaopattie Samaroo’s 16 oranges and 15 lemons between December 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. These items amounted to $5,100. He was further implicated in a break-and-enter and larceny which occurred between June 25, 2017 and August 8, 2017 at Canal Number Two, where he was accused of stealing items from “Etwarie’s” dwelling house. Those items are valued at $140,000.
Bhola denied the charges, but the court was informed that he has pending matters. As such, Magistrate Liverpool released him on $20,000 bail on each of the two simple larceny charges, and $60,000 for the break and enter and larceny allegation.
Unrepresented, he was ordered to report to the Wales Police Station one Friday in each month as the case continues.
It was only last week that he was similarly accused of committing at least two break-and-enter-and-larceny offences in his neighbourbood earlier this year. The carpenter, who is also a father of two, was accused of breaking and entering the premises of Lakeraji Ramdyall between January 3 and 4, 2018, at South Section, Canal Number Two and stealing items amounting to $185,000.
Represented by attorney-at-law Paul Fung-A-Fat two weeks ago, the defendant was further accused of breaking and entering the dwelling house of North Section, Canal Number Two resident Mohammed Rasheed, where he allegedly stole property amounting to $379,000. This included a laptop computer and two power drills. Bhola entered not-guilty pleas on both charges.
Bhola admitted to Magistrate Liverpool that he faced a similar charge before, but claimed that the charge was dismissed.
The prosecution at that time was disallowed from entering two separate charges which were determined to be out-of-date. The defendant was granted $160,000 bail pending trial for the other matters, which will continue on June 7 2018. Police have been ordered to return to their owners the recovered items that were allegedly stolen.