A teenager was on Wednesday jailed by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Joshua Austin, 18, of Lot 151 Lodge Housing Scheme, Georgetown, admitted to the charge when it was read to him.
The charge stated that between July 29 and 30, 2017, at Lodge Housing Scheme, he broke and entered the dwelling house of Shawn Ferguson and stole one radio set valued $27,000, three television sets valued $416,996, one PlayStation set valued $116,000; with a total value of $559,996 all property of Ferguson.
Ferguson was not in Georgetown at the time of the incident but made a report to the Police after he received a call informing him of same.
On July 31, Austin was taken into custody by the Police for questioning regarding the theft of the articles from the Virtual Complainants (VC) home.
He reportedly told officers that he sold the stolen items to a resident of Festival City, Georgetown.
When the officers visited that person, one of the stolen television sets was recovered. As such, the teen was cautioned and charged with the present offence.
The teenager promised to change his wrongful ways after he completes his time in prison.
