A homeless man was remanded to prison on Friday when he appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to a breaking and entering charge.
Robert Bhishram, 49, denied that he broke into a school when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The charge against him alleges that between August 2 and 3, 2017, broke and entered the Nehemiah Comprehensive School, in Queenstown, Georgetown and stole three fans, one stabiliser and 10 bottles of water; to total value of $42,000.
Bhishram explained that he did not steal the items but found them on the roadside.
However, the Police Prosecutor told the court that two of the fans were found in the homeless man’s possession. Bhishram objected to this and said “the Police a lie, I only had one fan not two!”
Bail was objected to due to the fact that the accused has no fixed place of abode and also because he was previously convicted for behaving disorderly.
He was remanded to prison and will return to court on August 18.
