Hire car driver accused of stealing passenger’s phone on bail

A hire car driver has been charged with stealing his passenger’s cellular phone and he was hauled before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer the charge.

Hosea Gray appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on June 3, at D’Urban Street, Georgetown, he stole a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 valued at $150,000 from Leinne Adolph.
The prosecutor’s facts revealed that Gray and the virtual complainant are known to each other. On the day in question, Adolph boarded a taxi at Unique Taxi Service and travelled to Coldingen on the East Coast of Demerara.
When the woman arrived at her destination, she came out of the car and went to her gate. However, after realising that she did not have the keys, she reached into her handbag for her phone to call her sister but realised that she had left the phone inside the vehicle.
Gray had already driven away from the scene, and when Adolph contacted him via phone questioning him about her cell phone, he told her that he did not see it in the car.
After listening to the facts and considering the prosecutor’s no-objection to bail, the presiding Magistrate granted the taxi driver $75,000 bail, and adjourned the matter to July 7. (G1)