Legal Niches

No Bail for Guyana Teen Who Stole PlayStation

By james_fudge

In America if you are a teenager charged with stealing a PlayStation, a cell phone and roughing someone up, you won't get in all that much trouble; you'll probably be able to get bail, catch a handful of misdemeanors and ultimately do some community service or a short stint in a county jail. In Guyana, South America, it's a different matter (Guyana is a state on the northern coast of South America). According to Stabroek News, a fifteen year-old boy who committed all of those aforementioned crimes is being held without bail until his next court appearance on July 16.

According to the report on June 26 the boy robbed another boy, Tarik Baksh, of one PlayStation valued $45,000 Guyanese dollars (or GYD - $218.76 USD) and a cell phone valued $50,000 GYD ($243.08 USD); He also made "use of personal violence," though what that means exactly is unclear. The teen pleaded not guilty before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on a charge of "robbery with violence." Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 30, 2010 (boomark / email).