Man ordered to pay compensation for stolen rings

Magistrate Manila Renee told a 23-year-old man that he had sacrificed a lifelong friendship after he admitted stealing four rings valued at $2 700 from a friend.

“You have allowed a lifetime of friendship to be lost over $1 000,” the magistrate said to Ahkel Ryan Harewood, of New Orleans, St Michael, after he pleaded guilty to stealing four rings valued at $2 700 belonging to Leonard Harewood between June 2 and August 10.

Prosecutor Sergeant Kenmore Phillips told the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court No. 2 that the two men had been friends when Leonard lent Ahkel four rings to attend an event. The arrangement was that Ahkel would return the property within two weeks. But the rings were not returned and, when asked, the accused told the complainant that two of them had been lost. Leonard told the accused to return the remaining jewellery, but he never did.