Six years jail for house breaking

A COCORITE  man was jailed for six years with hard labour yesterday after he pleaded guilty before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate to three out of ten charges of house breaking and larceny. However, since the sentences will run concurrently, Errol James, 52, aka “Bugger James” and Nigel Holder, will only serve three years behind bars.

James appeared before Magistrate Michelle Maharajh-Brown on charges laid by Four Roads police — Sgt Stephen Ramsubhag, Cpl Hayden Hannays, Cpl Sean Coggins, PC David Watson, Ricardo Montrichard and Vaughn Joseph. He pleaded guilty to only three of the ten charges. Magistrate Maharajh-Brown adjourned the other cases to April 4. James of Nile Street, Cocorite, was held around midnight Thursday while walking through a track in Goodwood Park. The officers who made the arrest were led by Supt Leon Anthony of Northern Division.

In the first matter, James was charged with breaking into the Goodwood Avenue, Glencoe home of Mark Chapman on February 26. The court heard that Chapman awoke on February 27 and discovered that the sliding door of his house had beenforced open and $925 in  items weremissing. James was charged by PC Vaughn Joseph of the Four Roads Police Station. James was also charged with breaking into the home of Carol Fitt at Roland Road, Westmoorings, and stealing  $1,060 worth in cash and items on February 28.  PC Joseph also laid the charges. In the third matter, James was charged with breaking into Chapman’s house again and stealing $840 worth of items on March 10. He was arrested and charged by PC Watson of the Four Roads Police Station. James was sentenced to three years hard labour each for the offences in Goodwood Park and six months hard labour for the offence at Westmoorings.