Portmore man charged for stealing furniture from house freed

A Portmore, St Catherine man charged for stealing furniture from a house that was being sold was freed in the parish court on Tuesday arising from the continued absence of the complainant.

Tyrone Charlie was freed of a charge of simple larceny.

The Clerk of Courts told Senior Parish Court judge Yvette Wenthworth-Miller that the prosecution would be making a no-case order due to the failure of the female complainant to come to court.

Allegations were that on September 26, 2004, the complainant reported that she was selling a house on Mahoe Drive in Portmore and when she arrived at the premises she saw the front door opened and was told that someone borrowed items.

Checks later revealed that a stove valued $4,000 and a sofa valued at $5,000 were missing.

The matter was reported to the Bridgeport police and an investigation led to arrest of Charlie.

He was subsequently charged with simple larceny upon completion of the investigation.

He made numerous court appearances during which time the complainant failed to appeared.

Charlie had maintained his innocence throughout.

- Rasbert Turner

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