Mechanic charged for allegedly stealing cop’s motorcycle

Mohammed Edon, a 30-year-old mechanic of James Street, Albouystown, on Monday morning appeared before Georgetown Magistrate Judy Latchman to answer a charge accusing him of stealing Police rank Samuel Scotland’s motorcycle, valued at 5,000, between August 6, and August 7, 2017 at La Penitence Public Road in Georgetown.
Edon’s defence counsel, Paul Fung-A-Fat, in an application for bail, contended that his client did not steal anyone’s motorcycle. He argued that on August 6, 2017, a man whom his client knew only as “Carl” brought the said motorcycle for Edon, a mechanic, to repair.
According to the lawyer, his client performed the task as instructed, and genuinely did not — and in no way could have reasonably known — that the motorcycle had been stolen.
Police Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves contended that on August 6th, the complainant parked his motorcycle at his place of abode, only to discover the following day that it had gone missing.
Sometime later that day, the cop spotted the accused riding the stolen motorcycle. Edon was subsequently nabbed with the motorcycle.
The prosecution relayed that, upon his arrest, Edon told investigating ranks that he had bought the motorcycle from someone, and had effected repairs to the vehicle. Charges had followed that caution statement.
Bail was set at the sum of 0,000, and the case has been put down for recall on December 4, 2017.