A 37-year-old labourer of Queenstown Village, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was charged on Monday, with the offence of break and enter and larceny. David Joseph, also known as Naiya, is accused of breaking into the home of Poonraj Lachman, a 38-year-old supervisor at Caricom Rice Mill, and stealing from his residence at Queenstown, Public Road, Essequibo Coast.
It is alleged that he committed the offence on Saturday and was charged under Section 229(a) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01.
On Monday, Joseph appeared before Charity Magistrate’s Court and denied the offence.
Bail was objected to by the prosecutor, and Joseph was remanded to prison until his next court appearance on February 18.
