A landlady from Lot 6 Duncan Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, was granted $40,000 bail on Friday after being accused of breaking into her tenant’s house and stealing belongings worth over $600,000.
In the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, Kavita Singh made her appearance before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly and entered a not guilty plea to two charges.
According to the first accusation, she broke into Nadia Simmons’s home on April 4, 2023, at Duncan Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, and took over $600,000 in items, including a microwave, a flat-screen television, $140,000 worth of jewellery, and $180,000 in cash.
Another accusation stated that Singh intentionally and illegally damaged a $85,000 chair at the same location on the specified day. Simmons owns the items that are listed in the charges.
$40,000 bail was granted to the defendant in connection with the break-in and larceny offence.
She was granted $20,000 in bail for the property damage charge.
An unrepresented Singh claimed that Simmons was her tenant, when she was granted the opportunity to address the court.
She also told the court that she had taken Simmons to court and a Magistrate had ordered her to pay the amount due after Simmons refused to give her the money she owed for eight months of unpaid rent.
In response to her taking her to court over the unpaid rent, Singh claimed that Simmons accused her of breaking into her home and later filed a report with the Police. (G1)
