A man who is accused of stealing 77.1 kilograms (170 pounds) of chicken was on Tuesday sentenced to six months in absentia.
The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Rondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Twenty-three-year-old Omalo Dick, of A Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was charged and released on $10,000 bail; however, he failed to turn up to court for his trial.
Dick had initially pleaded not guilty to the charge when he made his first appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
The charge stated that on June 22, 2019, at Mandela Avenue, he stole 170 pounds of chicken valued at $51,680, the property of Rawle Burkett.
