Sascha Wil­son

A 14-year-old school­boy, ac­cused of steal­ing a Sam­sung Galaxy tablet from a teacher at his school on the first day of school, yes­ter­day was placed on $10,000 bail.The Form Two stu­dent was al­so warned about hav­ing no di­rect or in­di­rect con­tact with the male art teacher.He ap­peared be­fore Se­nior Mag­is­trate An­nette McKen­zie in the San Fer­nan­do First Court. He plead­ed not guilty.He is ac­cused of steal­ing the $3,500 tablet from the teacher at the school, lo­cat­ed on the out­skirts of San Fer­nan­do.

The stu­dent, who was charged by PC Noy­an, has not been sus­pend­ed from school.The mag­is­trate was con­cerned about the in­ter­ac­tion that could hap­pen be­tween the stu­dent and teacher at the school.She grant­ed the stu­dent bail with his fa­ther as sure­ty but on the con­di­tion that he, nor any­one else act­ing on his be­half, is to have no com­mu­ni­ca­tion with the teacher. "No text, phone call, let­ter, e-mail, sign lan­guage," said the mag­is­trate.

Oth­er­wise, she told the fa­ther, his son's bail would be re­voked and he would be placed in cus­tody. "No fa­ther, moth­er, aun­ty, nen­nen," she warned.Turn­ing to the stu­dent, she said: "Un­til the mat­ter is fin­ished you don't even look in the di­rec­tion of the teacher."The teacher asked that the tablet be re­turned to him. He was told it would be pho­tographed and re­turned.

De­fence at­tor­ney Ja­son Jack­son asked for dis­clo­sure. The mag­is­trate said be­cause the mat­ter in­volved a mi­nor and a teacher she did not want it to it drag on end­less­ly.She said dis­clo­sure was to be made at the next court hear­ing.The mag­is­trate al­so re­lieved the teacher from at­ten­dance un­til the mat­ter starts. It was ad­journed to Oc­to­ber 2.