Leopold Street man jailed for larceny, escaping from Police lock-ups

– tells Magistrate, “Me ain’t know about all them things; I know about some”

Despite his cries for mercy, a 36-year-old father of one who acknowledged stealing items over the Christmas holidays and escaping from the Police lock-ups was slapped with a 15-month prison sentence.
Kumar Saul, also called “Barber,” of Leopold Street, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday and pleaded guilty to the charges.
Police stated that between December 22 and 27, he stole $50,000 in cash, a cooler, a tarpaulin, and a quantity of beverages—all totalling $93,000. The items belonged to Sherwin Long.
After admitting guilt, Saul expressed, “Me ain’t know about all them things. I know about some. I am guilty of taking some. I only collect the cooler and the table.”
Additionally, he acknowledged that on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, he had escaped from the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts Police lock-ups.
“They [the Police] bring me and left me down and I walk out the court yard. Me ain’t run away like how them seh me run away. They know me. I is the man who is clean up the court,” an unrepresented Saul told Magistrate Bess during the hearing.
Reports are that the virtual complainant locked up his stall, which is near the Georgetown Public Hospital, on December 22, 2023, and left for his home.
When he returned on December 27, 2023, he saw that the items stated in the charge were missing, and he reported this to the Police, according to the prosecution. An eyewitness reportedly told Long that Saul had removed the tarpaulin and cooler.
Saul begged the Magistrate to spare him from jail time at his court appearance, claiming the need to look after his young son. The mother had abandoned the child, he claimed.
When deciding on an appropriate sentence for Saul, the court took into consideration his early guilty plea and relatively young age.
For the larceny, Saul was sentenced to nine months in prison as well as six months for breaking out of Police custody. His total sentence is 15 months. He previously served time in prison for theft.