Clapham burglar given suspended sentence

For the next two years, Christopher Seth Japeth Bynoe has to stay out of trouble with the law if he wants to avoid serving a six-month sentence imposed on him.

Magistrate Manila Renee sentenced the 26-year-old of Fordes Road, Clapham, Christ Church on Wednesday for burglarising Monsta Grill Bar on March 26 and stealing three bottles of alcohol worth $112.

The suspended sentence was handed down after the magistrate took into consideration the five months the convicted man had already spent on remand at Dodds.

Bynoe was also convicted, reprimanded, and discharged for having cocaine apparatus in his possession on September 6, 2018.

However, he maintained his not-guilty plea to the charge that he unlawfully assaulted Elvis Graham last March 26.

The accused is on $1 500 bail in connection with that allegation and is scheduled to make his next appearance before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on December 11.