An 18-year-old labourer has been remanded to Dodds Prison until September 9 after admitting to robbery and theft charges in the No. 1 District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court.

Tashon Ricardo Omari King, of Thorne’s Gap, Land’s End, St Michael, pleaded guilty to stealing a bag valued $400, a laptop charger valued $200, a cellular phone valued $3 400, a phone charger valued $60, a pair of earphones valued $800, a pencil case valued $15, and three notebooks valued $40 belonging to Delisha Smith between July 29 and 30. He also stole one laptop valued $3 000, 10 keys valued $100, and two gate openers valued $200 belonging to Island Developments Limited, with a total value of $8 610.

He also confessed that on June 30, he robbed Rudolph Haynes of a bag valued $84, a cellular phone valued $90 and $250 cash, with a total value of $424.