52-y-o pleads guilty to using 'string-up' light

Fifty-two-year-old Joan Silvera, a dressmaker from St Catherine, was fined $500,000 or three months imprisonment after pleading guilty to abstracting electricity.

"I went there and saw it. I don't know how to string-up house, but I am guilty for using it. But, please, don't put it on my record," Silvera pleaded in court on Wednesday.

It is reported that in September this year, the police, along with Jamaica Public Service personnel, conducted an operation in the Tryall Heights community in Spanish Town.

During the operation, the accused's home was observed trespassing on the work of the JPS.

A search was done and two fans, air-conditioning units, a washing machine and other items were found operating on the illegal connection. 

Further checks revealed that Silvera was not a registered customer of the JPS. She was subsequently arrested and charged.

- Rasbert Turner

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