A 29-year-old Princes Town man has been sen­tenced to 16 months’ im­pris­on­ment with hard labour af­ter plead­ing guilty to ware­house break­ing and lar­ce­ny.

The ac­cused ap­peared be­fore the Mas­ter of the South Court C on March 23, where he en­tered a guilty plea and was sen­tenced. Po­lice said the mat­ter was in­ves­ti­gat­ed by of­fi­cers of the Table­land Po­lice Sta­tion.

The charge re­lates to an in­ci­dent be­tween 5 pm on Jan­u­ary 14 at 12:45 am and Jan­u­ary 15 at a ware­house at North Trace, New Grant. Po­lice said the build­ing was bro­ken in­to and items were tak­en.