“Old Police” jailed for 2 years over brush cutter theft

…labourer remanded for robbing British engineer

A 50-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to stealing a STIHL brush cutter and several tools, was handed a two-year jail sentence by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly.

Roy Hollingsworth, called “Old Police”, who is unemployed and of no fixed place of abode, was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for the offence of simple larceny.
The items valued at over $159,000 are the property of Randy Ronaldo and were stolen on October 5 at Sheriff Street, Georgetown.
Another man faced a similar charge when he was arraigned at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court but he was not required to plead to the indictable charge and was granted $50,000 bail.

Twenty-nine-year-old Ryan Glasgow, who is unemployed and of Lot 23 Two Friends Village, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was arrested for the offence of larceny from the person.
Magistrate Fabayo Azore refused to grant bail to the accused and remanded him to prison until January 18, 2023, when the matter will be called for disclosure of statements.
In a separate case before Magistrate Daly, a 20-year-old labourer of Lot 13 Tucville, Georgetown, was remanded to prison for allegedly robbing a British national.

Keyambo Gervis pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that on November 11, he robbed the 62-year-old foreign national, an engineer at the Agriculture Ministry, of a laptop and other items valued at $500,000. He was arrested for the crime on November 16.
Gervis was remanded to prison until February 18, 2023. (G1)