Guinness thief fined $50,000 or 3 months jail

A man who is no stranger to the courts was on Friday fined $50,000 after he admitted to stealing five cases of Guinness among other beverages totalling $102,000.
Asif Mohammed, 51, recently served a 6-month sentence for stealing an air condition unit from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and prior to that served an 18-month sentence for stealing tools.
However, on this occasion, he admitted to stealing the items belonging to Orin Forde between June 14 and 18, 2018.
The man reportedly entered Forde’s premises where the items were stored and made off with them.
He was however, caught on surveillance cameras removing the items and as such, Police swooped down on him at his Garnette Street home where some of the stolen beverages were found. He was arrested, charged and fined or an alternative of a three-month imprisonment