A taxi driver was moments ago charged and remanded to prison for stealing female underwear, a phone and $50,000 cash. This was after he allegedly broke into the woman’s home.
Twenty-six-year-old Yudhister Samjawan of 158 Third Street, Alexander Village, Georgetown appeared before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts.
An unrepresented Samjawan pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on October 4, 2019, at West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he broke into the dwelling house of Yanti Stephens and sole one phone valued $35,000, one female underwear valued $400 and $50,000 cash, the property of Stephens.
Samjawan, in addressing the court stated, “I did not go into her home; the police beat me and put the panty in my pocket.”
However, facts presented by Police Prosecutor Adduni Inniss stated that on the day in question, the woman was awakened by a noise, and upon checking, she observed the defendant crawling in her house.
An alarm was then raised and the defendant ran into a trench where he took cover.
The court heard that the police arrived shortly after and found the defendant in a trench.
A search was then carried out on his person and the female underwear was found in his left side pocket. Hence, he was arrested and charged for the offence.
The Prosecutor objected to bail being granted to the defendant on the grounds that he was positively identified by the victim as the person who broke into her home.
The Magistrate, after listening to the facts, remanded the father of three to prison until October 21.
