Saturday, October 18, 2014 | 11:53 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man, who confessed to stealing an awning from a woman’s backyard, has been given next month to make restitution to the complainant.
Horace McLean was given until November 12 to pay the woman $50,000 for the awning after pleading guilty to a charge of simple larceny when he appeared before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.
He’s also to be sentenced on that day.
McLean’s bail was extended after he told the court that he needed to “hustle” to come up with the cash.
“If I don’t get the money by November 12, you will know which God you a serve,” Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey told McLean.
The complainant told the court that she was doing renovation on her house and had the awning in her backyard when McLean stole it. She said when she confronted the accused he told her that only God could make him bring back her awning.
Asked by Pusey why he shouldn’t be sent to prison over the theft, McLean said, “It [the awning] was mash up. I was calling and me nuh hear nobody.”
“You caa throw down things in your yard,” Pusey lamented. “A man house his is palace, you caa go round there.”
He said he sold the awning for $800.
Racquel Porter
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Man steals awning after calls to owner went unanswered
