Two fined for stealing electricity

Curtis Tigre, 54 and Burgess Francis, 41, both of Hall Trace, off Kernahan Trace, Chin Chin Road, Cunupia, were sentenced in the Chaguanas Second Magistrates Court on March 14, having pleaded guilty on March 6.

They were each fined $3,000 and given two months to pay or, in default, nine months imprisonment with hard labour.

The men were initially charged after an early morning joint current stealing exercise by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and T&TEC’s Estate Police at Hall Trace.