A 56-year-old Byera man who was allegedly shot in the hand and foot on a day he stole a bunch of plantains has been fined for theft.
Randy Harry, a father of two, told the Colonarie Magistrate Court sitting at Georgetown that he had just returned from hunting, saw the plantains and wanted to cook it with a manicou he had just caught.
“But mi get ketch,” Harry told the court.
He was arraigned before Magistrate Kaywanna Jacobs and pleaded guilty to a charge that on Dec. 9, 2023, at Gorse, he stole one bunch of plantains, valued at EC$60, the property Selwin Dabreo, of Park Hill.
The prosecutor, Corporal of Police Delando Charles told the court that about 8 p.m. on the said date, Dabreo, a licensed firearm holder, went to his farm and met Harry, whom he knows very well, with a flashlight cutting a bunch of plantain.
Dabreo discharged his firearm and Harry dropped the fruit and ran.
Dabreo later reported the matter to the police.
On July 24, investigating officer PC 973 King cautioned and interviewed Harry in the presence of PC 895 Joseph.
Harry volunteered a statement and King later arrested and charged him for the offence.
The magistrate having considered Harry’s social circumstances and the sentencing guidelines, arrived at a two-month sentence.
Having looked at Harry’s antecedents, the magistrate told Harry that it appeared that he was on a track of similar offences. She said that she wanted to focus on deterring him from continuing on the trend and at 56, he needs to focus his attention elsewhere.
She fined Harry EC$250 to be paid in one month an alternative to one-month jail term.