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Hard times under the afc/apnu pushes people to steal livestock.

3 charged with rustling cow

January 23, 2016 By GuyanaTimes

Three men were on Friday placed on $25,000 bail each by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged with stealing a cow.

David Edwards, 52, a farmer of Annai, North Rupununi, stood to answer to the charge which read that between Monday, January 18 and Tuesday, January 19, 2016, he and two relatives, Cleveland Edwards, 26, and Cleitus Edwards, 18, stole a cow valued $75,000, property of Randolph Gilbert, in Region Nine (Upper Essequibo-Upper Takutu). The other two accused were also charged with the same offence.

It was reported that beef from the animal, which was butchered, was recovered.

The three farmers were represented by Attorney Peter Hugh, who made an application for the matter to be transferred to the Lethem Magistrate’s Court, since the cost of one plane ticket to travel from Lethem to Georgetown to attend court was $50,000 and hence too expensive for his clients to manage. He further requested bail in a reasonable sum, as two of the accused were fathers with families to maintain.

There was no objection to bail, and the matter was transferred to the Lethem Magistrate’s Court for March 2.

1/23/1612:34 PM

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