04th
March 2010
Court news
By Ashley Alexander
On
Monday 1st March 2010, Joseph Milton appeared
before judge Kenneth Benjamin on a charge of
housebreaking and burglary to which he pleaded
not guilty. It was alleged that between 11:30pm
and 7:45am on Sunday 14th March 2004, Milton
had entered the house of Cosmus Williams at
Fond Manger and had got away with items to the
value of $15,200.
Cosmus Williams told the court that he had a
few drinks at a Karaoke event and had become
drunk. Milton appeared to get him a taxi to
take him home. Upon arrival he had divested
himself of his trousers, gold chain and watch
and placed them on a couch and went to bed.
In the morning his wife woke him up and requested
some money to do some shopping. He told her
to look in the pocket of his trousers on the
couch. The wife informed him that there was
no money in the trousers. She then informed
him that someone must have broken into the house
for she had discovered that a side door was
open.
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