Essequibo friends in court over damaged bicycle

Rohit Lall and Kavindranauth Sundar, two friends from Devonshire Castle on the Essequibo Coast, have ended up in court over a damaged bicycle.
Twenty-year-old Rohit Lall was on Tuesday slapped with two charges after he made his first appearance before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.
Lall was charged with threatening behaviour and unlawfully and maliciously damaging Sundar’s bicycle.
He pleaded not guilty to the threatening behaviour charge and guilty to damaging his friend’s bicycle.
Police said on April 4, 2016, Lall made use of threatening behaviour towards his friend. It is alleged that during an argument, Lall damaged Sundar’s bicycle valued ,000 and a Plum cellphone valued ,000.
Lall, who was unrepresented, told the Court that he had no idea about the phone, but admitted to damaging the bicycle.
He explained that he visited his friend’s home midnight on April 4 and was viewing television when Sundar asked him to lower the volume.
Lall said that an argument ensued which made him angry and caused him to pelt the bicycle onto the public road.
He told the Court that he was willing to purchase a new bicycle for his friend.
He is expected to return to court on April 26, 2016 after purchasing a new bicycle for Sundar.
Lall was placed on a bond to keep the peace and to stay away from his friend’s yard; failure to do so could result in him spending time in jail.