A 50-year-old Guyanese man who stole a quantity of condoms and other items from a popular cosmetics branch in Chaguanas was fined $2,000 and given four months to pay by a Chaguanas magistrate on October 7.

Magistrate Duane Murray handed down the sentence after the man, a father of two primary school-aged children, pleaded guilty to larceny. The exhibits presented in a silver/grey bag were tendered into evidence.

During the hearing, Murray questioned the man’s motives, asking why he travelled from Santa Cruz to Chaguanas “to come thief condoms and hairspray.” The man replied that he was behind on purchasing school supplies for his children.