Sascha Wil­son

A Bar­rack­pore man who ad­mit­ted to steal­ing TSTT ca­bles has been fined $5,000.

Nigel Nel­son, 42, plead­ed guilty be­fore Princes Town Mag­is­trate In­di­ra Misir-Go­sine.

Pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Shazeed Mo­hammed told the court that around 2.45 am on Feb­ru­ary 17, PC Fi­garo, of the Emer­gency Re­sponse Pa­trol team in the South­ern Di­vi­sion, was on pa­trol when he saw a blue Kia ve­hi­cle along Kan­hai Road North, Bar­rack­pore, parked on the side of the road.

When the of­fi­cer stopped and asked Nel­son, who was in the dri­ver’s seat, about the TSTT ca­ble in the tray, Nel­son said, “Yes of­fi­cer, me and some fel­las take the wire, I re­al­ly sor­ry. It will not hap­pen again.”

The ca­ble was val­ued at $20,630.40. PC Fi­garo ar­rest­ed and charged him.

Ask­ing for le­nien­cy, Nel­son’s at­tor­ney Petron­il­la Bas­deo said he was shot by a trap gun while hunt­ing in 2017 and his right leg was am­pu­tat­ed. He had no pre­vi­ous con­vic­tions or pend­ing mat­ters.

Nel­son has three months to pay the fine or, in de­fault, he will have to serve six months sim­ple im­pris­on­ment.