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West Meten-Meer-Zorg labourer gets 24 months for break and enter and larceny

By Staff Editor Fri, September 4 2026, 2:04 AM GMT-4

Akeel Gittens, 23, a labourer of West Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to break and enter and larceny and was jailed for 24 months.

The police yesterday said in a statement that Gittens was arrested on Sunday, July 30, 2026, in relation to the mentioned offence.

The accused appeared on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court #1 before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh, where the charge was read to him.

He pleaded guilty and was subsequently sentenced to 24 months imprisonment.

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