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After showering a city Magistrate with a stream of charming compliments and begging for leniency, a 45-year-old ex-convict was yesterday sentenced to nine months imprisonment after he admitted to pushing himself through a car window and stealing some cash.Andre ‘Fry Rice’ Nedd, who has no fixed place of abode, pleaded not guilty to a charge of larceny from the person when it was read to him by Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.The court heard that on October 29, last year, Nedd, who describes himself as a ‘sales man,’ reportedly approached the victim, Jacob Greaves, at Demico House, Stabroek, Georgetown, sometime between 22:30 and 23:00 hours.According to State Prosecutor, Lance Corporal Jomo Nichols, Greaves was about to join a taxi when Nedd threw a cellular phone at him trying to persuade him to purchase it.The victim, however, refused the offer and entered the taxi. The Prosecution explained that it was then that Nedd pushed himself through the window and “took $5000 out from the man’s shirt pocket and ran away.”Nichols stated that the matter was reported to the police, but it was only on Monday last that Nedd was arrested and charged for the offence.Nedd, who informed the court that he had been convicted twice before on different charges, asked Magistrate Chandan-Edmond for “some time to res’ up.”“Your worship ah guilty, but ah begging for leniency. I don’t want to waste the court’s time cause yuh too sweet ma worship, yuh too sweet,” Nedd said.The Magistrate who appeared amused informed Nedd that the penalty for the crime is nine to eighteen months and asked him how long he would like to spend in prison.“Ah gun take the nine yuh worship,Wholesale Jerseys China, cause ah need to res’ up,” Nedd responded.After being sentenced, Nedd donned his sunshades and strolled out of the courtroom. |
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