Timehri man gets 36 months for breaking into private jet at CJIA
Forty-three-year-old Albert Rajram, also known as “Bunny”, of Circuit Road, Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD) who confessed to breaking into a private jet that was parked at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) was sentenced to 36 months in prison.
Albert Rajram, also called “Bunny”
He appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Judy Latchman and pleaded guilty to two counts of simple larceny. He was accused of breaking into the private aircraft of Courtney Curso and Jason Johnson between October 26 and October 28 and stealing a number of items valued over $2 million.
Following his guilty plea, he was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment for each charge, with the sentences to run concurrently.
The private jet had landed in Guyana on Wednesday last and was parked close to the hangar of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Air Corps at the CJIA. Reports are that when the pilots returned to the airport on Friday to prepare their flight for take-off, they discovered that the main door to the plane had been breached.
An investigation was subsequently launched which led to the arrest of Rajram, who, during interrogation, admitted that he dug a hole under the perimeter fence of the airport and made his way onto the tarmac where he broke into the aircraft and stole several items which have since been recovered.
Several bottles of alcohol that were recovered
It was reported that upon his arrest, he was taken to his home, where the stolen items were found. Among the recovered articles are several bottles of high-end alcoholic beverage and electronic gadgets.
Meanwhile, after it was determined that the overall integrity of the aircraft was not compromised, the plane had departed Guyana for Texas.
