No bail for pastor in T&T

No bail for pastor
Saturday, March 5 2016

A 35-YEAR-OLD Pentecostal pastor charged with robbing a Princes Town man of $50,000 on Wednesday afternoon pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared before Princes Town Senior Magistrate Deborah Quintyne yesterday. However, the accused pastor of San Fernando was denied bail and remanded pending his next court appearance.

He is due to reappear in court in 28 days time. The pastor surrendered to the Morvant police on Wednesday afternoon after contacting Inspector Roger Alexander informing him that he had information that he was being sought in connection with a robbery. Insp Alexander advised the pastor to report to the Morvant police where he was detained and handed over to Senior Superintendent Irwin Hackshaw, Acting ASP Rawle Ramdeo and Inspector Don Gajadhar of the Southern Division. He was placed on an identification parade on Thursday afternoon at the Princes Town Police Station where he was positively pointed out by the victim, Sheldon Beeka

Apparently, this pastor has been convicted for previous robberies as well, as I've read online. It's such a shame that a man who is supposed to teach us about the proper way to live life is the one who committed such a crime. I'm just surprised however that it is only now that he has been caught red-handed. I don't think money itself is worth it for anyone to risk their lives or their principles or their names for it. Truly he must be able to learn his lesson from this incident.