Eighteen-year-old gold miner Keino Pluck pleaded guilty to stealing a woman’s gold chain, and he was remanded to prison until his sentencing on November 24.
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday, Pluck appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly without legal representation.
He stole a 16-pennyweight gold chain worth over $200,000 from Shondel Jones on October 25, 2023, at Commerce Street, Georgetown.
Reports are that Jones visited the Stabroek Market on October 25 to purchase a chain.
She then left the market, but not before Pluck approached her from a short distance away, grabbed the chain around her neck, and made a hasty retreat on foot.
Jones trailed Pluck as he went, setting off an alert that led to the thief’s arrest by a Police rank.
The chain was, however, not found.
During Friday’s court proceedings, the prosecutor disclosed that Pluck had told the Virtual Complainant that he would pay for the chain. On November 24, following the presentation of the probation report’s conclusions in court, this thief will be sentenced.
Earlier this month, a 23-year-old maintenance worker, who admitted to stealing a woman’s gold jewellery, was given a two-year prison sentence by Magistrate Rhondell Weever.
On September 13 on Croal Street, Stabroek, Georgetown, Keron Wright of North Sophia, Greater, Georgetown, stole from the person of Sandita Doodnauth, a gold chain worth $35,000 and a gold ring worth $30,000.
The Police prosecutor told the court that Doodnauth noticed a man following her on Croal Street on the day in question at around 09:10h. As such, she moved into the corner to make room for him to pass by. However, the man also came to a stop before continuing to move in that direction.
