A man was today sentenced to two years in jail after being found guilty of defrauding another man of a BMW vehicle.
Sixty-year-old Compton Beckles, also known as Jumbie Pumpkin, a trader of 166 Middle Road, La Penitence and 28-year-old Julian Falcher, a Nurse at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were on trial before City Magistrate Annette Singh in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
They had both denied the charge which stated that on November 27, 2018, at Georgetown with intent to defraud, they obtained from Shaheed Ally a total of $2.2M by pretending that they were in a position to sell him a BMW vehicle.
Today, at the conclusion of the trial, the Magistrate ruled that she found sufficient evidence against Beckles.
However, she told the court that the prosecution was unable to prove their case against Falcher.
Hence, she sentenced Beckles to two years behind bars and dismiss the matter against Falcher.
