Man jailed for one year after burglary of home

A 61-year-old man who claimed he thought a house was abandoned has been sentenced to one year in prison after admitting to burglary.

Andrew Carmichael, of Princess Royal Avenue, Pine, St Michael, entered the house looking for “old things” to sell. Now he will spend the next year in Dodds for committing burglary on July 15.

Brought before Magistrate Manila Renee in the No. 2 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on Monday he pleaded guilty to entering the residence of Lucille Bellamy and stealing two gas bottles valued at $80.