Former worker at Portmore supermarket pleads guilty to theft of groceries
Published:Sunday | November 5, 2023 | 10:43 AM
A former employee of a supermarket in Portmore, St Catherine has pleaded guilty to the theft of $65,000 worth of groceries.
Andrew Bailey, 27-year-old of Waterford in Portmore, admitted to the crime on Friday and was remanded for sentencing in the parish court on November 24 for larceny as a servant.
Sentencing is to be handed down by Senior Parish Court Judge Desiree Alleyne.
The court heard that on October 9, Bailey was at work when he used a box to conceal a quantity of sausages, beans and other grocery items and sneaked it passed a cashier without paying.
He was held by an alert supervisor.
The police were called.
Bailey arrested and charged.
- Rasbert Turner
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