– tells court he had an “irresistible temptation” to steal
Choosing not to waste the court’s time, Delchan Wilson, a 22-year-old welder, on Monday confessed to Georgetown Magistrate Judy Latchman that he had stolen $120,000 cash from his aunt, Geeta Osmond, on March 11, 2017 at her dwelling house in the Campbellville Housing Scheme in Georgetown.
The prosecution’s facts are that the virtual complainant (VC) Geeta Osmond had, earlier this year, allowed her nephew to move into her home as she was living alone at the time. On March 11, Osmond checked the black purse in which she kept her savings and discovered the money missing. She confronted the defendant, and he readily admitted to removing the money; thus she reported the incident to police authorities, who arrested and charged the defendant with the offence of simple larceny.
Admitting to the court that he had been fined for a similar offence in 2010, Wilson begged the magistrate for leniency, declaring that he was not a criminal, but had had an “irresistible temptation” at the time of committing the incident. He also told the court that he has a baby on the way.
Before sentencing Wilson to 24 months’ imprisonment, Magistrate Latchman advised him to desist from stealing, and urged him to work in order to fulfill his needs in the future.
