Tumatumari man charged for $4M equipment theft

A 31-year-old resident of Tumatumari, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) was on Friday placed on 0,000 bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer to the charge of simple larceny.

Desmond Deally pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that between September 1, 2014 and June 9, 2016 at Tumatumari, he stole a generator valued $1.3 million and several pieces of mining equipment amounting to a value of $2.7 million, property of a mining company.

Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers related to the court that the defendant was the security guard at the mining company at the time the items went missing. He stated that Police ranks acting upon information arrested the defendant, who later revealed the location of the stolen items. Jeffers continued that the some of the stolen items were recovered.

Attorney Paul Fung-A- Fat who represented the defendant stated that the accusations made by the prosecution against his client were inaccurate.

In a bail application, the lawyer told the court that the retrieved items were found some five miles from where his client lives. He said even if his client was the security guard, that does make him guilty.

Fung-A- Fat was successful in acquiring bail for his client. The case will continue on January 17, 2017.