Trinidadian remanded on fraud charges

A 28-year-old Trinidadian was on Friday remanded to prison on charges of fraud that allegedly occurred at two city hotels.
Anthony Nestor, who stated his home address as Lot 187 Cummings Street, Kitty, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he pleaded not guilty to both charges.
It was alleged that between April 1 and 15, 2016, at Brandsville, he incurred a debt of 6,804 and at Opus Hotel, between April 15 and 18 by falsely pretending he had a valid credit card, obtained ,000 credit.
Attorney-at-Law James Bond, who represented Nestor, told the court that his client stayed at the Brandsville Hotel four times prior to the present offence and he has never experienced such a problem.
Bond, in an attempt to secure bail for his client, told the court that his client was willing to lodge his passport to eradicate any suspicion by the prosecution that he was a flight risk. Bond also supplied the court with a second address, stating that it was his client’s fiancée’s home address, and they would be marrying on November 13, 2016.
Bond further told the court that his client was the registered owner of the soon-to-be-opened school of etiquette.
Police Prosecutor Sean Gonsalves objected to bail, stating that the defendant was a flight risk and may flee the jurisdiction, escaping the charges.
In a further attempt by Bond to convince the prosecution that his client was not a flight risk, he made it known to the court that his client was willing to subject himself to weekly visits to any Police Station.
However, the bail application was denied and the defendant was ordered to return to court on November 18, 2016.