Calypsonian and vocalist Marvo O’Brien Morgan on Tuesday appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court, where she pleaded not guilty to a charge that she stole items valued at EC$273.33 from a supermarket.
O’Brien Morgan, 44, of Diamond/Glen is alleged to have stolen the items on Oct. 30 from Massy Store Ltd. on Upper Bay Street, Kingstown.
She is alleged to have stolen four bottles of Secret deodorant, valued at EC$85.80; two packs of Anchor prepack cheddar cheese, valued at EC$51.04; one bottle of Majic fabric freshener, valued at $13.95; two packs of Oreo twists vanilla and raspberry biscuit, valued at EC$23.90; one box of Biore charcoal pore strips valued at EC$25.7; two packs of Yorkie raisin and biscuit, valued at EC$13.90; two packs of Sante fit biscuits, valued at $6.54; two packs of Eat natural raw peanut almond and cocoa protein bar, valued at $27.90; one pack of Summer’s eve cleansing cloth valued at EC$20.45 and two packs of Sante fit biscuits cocoa, valued at EC$4.10, total value EC$273.33, the property of Massy Stores Ltd.
The prosecutor, acting Corporal of Police 817 Stapleton asked that station bail continue and informed the court that the case file was incomplete.
He said that the prosecution intended to call four witnesses and was asking for two weeks to complete the file.
Senior Magistrate Tamika Mc Kenzie ordered disclosure by Dec. 19 and set the trial for April 8, 2025.
The senior magistrate further ordered that station bail continue.
When will I stop laughing ? seriously people ! almost half ( or maybe more) of the police with ” stripes ” are acting position holders an acting corporal wears stripes but in fact he /she is a constable with the responsibility of his acting position ,imagine a court prosecutor ” the facts, as read by prosecutor, acting Corporal of Police — ” , a position that until now a days was usually an sargent or station sargent at least,how much is his monthly take home pay with such a heavy case load as the courts have ( magistrates have complained about it before ) and then they are people who find it strange that police seek extra pay for doing overtime work ,this indeed sounds like holliwood to me ,its time they start acting on the streets and leave police work to ralph and he family,elections coming they need real police now , or you all remain as actors ,choose
I dare not comment on this article as i know i am on a very thin line here if i start with why a working person in svg might have to do something like this if its proven to be true but i have to thank the writer of the article for the details ,these two made me really scratch my head .
two packs of Sante fit biscuits, valued at $6.54
two packs of Sante fit biscuits cocoa, valued at EC$4.10 .
Biscuits ?!! .
Not to forget that st.vincent is suppose to have a flower mill , and use to produce sugar .
I think it was earlier this year that someone ( in st.vincent ) said you can now pay for sex in svg with biscuits ,now i am beginning to understand much better,well done ralph !! , we know some people dont need biscuits to pay they just take