“Plantain Foot” jailed for 12 months for stealing

Esho Persaud, called “Plantain Foot”, a 24-year-old farmer of Lima Public Road, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), was on Tuesday found guilty of simple larceny, and has had a 12-month jail sentence imposed on him by Magistrate Esther Sam in the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.

He had stolen something from a 17-year-old pump attendant of Lima, Essequibo Coast on December 2, 2023 at Lima, and had initially denied the charge when he appeared in court last month. He had been admitted to bail in the sum of $60,000 pending the hearing and determination of his trial, but had never posted the bail.
When he appeared before Magistrate Sam virtually from prison this week, she informed him that she had found him guilty as charged, and consequently imposed the jail time on him. (G1)