Man steals car, uses it as a taxi

[*$kїđž!™]

Man steals car, uses it as a taxi
By Gyasi Gonzales
Story Created: Aug 19, 2014 at 9:40 PM ECT
Story Updated: Aug 19, 2014 at 9:40 PM ECT
\\\\\ TUNAPUNA

A MAN was sentenced to nine months in jail after he stole a car, worked it as a taxi and was then spotted by the police filling it with gas in Curepe, less than a mile from where he first seized it.
The accused, Clifton Peniston, 28, appeared before Tunapuna Magistrate Siumungal Ramsaran in the Tunapuna Second Court charged with the theft on Monday.
Peniston, who had no lawyer, admitted to stealing the car last Friday when the owner of the car, Hillary Jagdeosingh, picked him up in Arima around 7.45 a.m.
Peniston said he first asked the driver to take him to Port of Spain, but while en-route he asked the driver to take him to Farm Road, St Joseph, where he pulled a gun and asked the driver to give him the vehicle.
Jagdeosingh complied.
Days later, police officers on patrol saw the stolen Nissan bearing the same number plates. At the time, Peniston was seen filling gas and putting oil in the engine. He was immediately detained.
In court, along with admitting that he stole the car, he told the magistrate that it was because he was frustrated after someone stole his Samsung Galaxy tablet, which he used to stream movies and watch DVDs.
He said he was going to use the proceeds of “pulling bull” to purchase himself a new Galaxy tablet.
Magistrate Ramsaran admitted to the accused that when he spoke of tablets he thought that it was the medicinal kind.
The magistrate said he was impressed with the remorsefulness of the man and his honesty.
However, he said that a serious crime had indeed been committed, although both the victim and the accused said that no personal violence was used.
Magistrate Ramsaran said, bearing that in mind, he would impose a custodial sentence, but nothing too harsh as he believed that the man before him really wanted to contribute to society.
“You came clean,” said the magistrate. “Nine months’ hard labour.”

[1UZFE]

man affi live. wats life without a tablet..

[K74T]

Lol @ watch dvds

[ruffneck_12]

I er blame him

[salvation4U]

lol the best part was when the magistrate thought he Galaxy tablet was tablets

[black start]

The magistrate so chupid? The man steal the car at gunpoint....

[black start]

Trinidad: where criminals are protected And pardoned

[DTAC]

I hope Mr. Peniston is getting a ton of..... right about now.

[j.o.e]

Shoulda lose dat in jail...steal a car at gunpoint because someone stole your tablet...wtf I hearing here?! Magistrate take dat sad story?

[mark2.0]

Pull ah bull dog!

[jattsrobby]

Let's see that's possession of an illegal firearm plus grand theft auto and nine months in prison, that's our sweet TnT.

[Morpheus]

What in da world!

[OffshoreMarketing]

wow lol

[rockey]

Bull sheit ..so what about the gun??..where he got it in the first place?

Instead of stealing at gun point sell the facking gun and buy a tablet ..

[1UZFE]

Man wah play angry birds go n candy crush.

[SmokeyGTi]

the magistrate believe that sheit?

somebody stole he tablet? (as if he bought it in the first place)
so he went and pull a gun on somebody and stole their car?

seriously?

[VexXx Dogg]

Clearly not the sharpest tools in the shed. Both of em.
The bandit for running it with the same plates and the magistrate for taking that dotish chain up.

[16 cycles]

"drive it like you stole it" = pulling bull???

learn something everyday.....

[noshownogo]

What's this, Onion news?

[STORM1234]

no justice, victim should have received 5 times the value of the car in compensation from the thief of course after he had served his sentence of 5 years. No real justice from secular judges. What a joke!

[Spitfir3]

dumbest magistrate ever, guy has a gun in his possession and robs someone of their vehicle because someone took his cheap ass tablet? and he get a bligh for wut? was it implied that he was going to give back the car and say hard lucks dey once he make up enough morney to buy a new tablet?

ah sure if someone had walked up to the magistrate and tell em to hymc and used that same "honesty" in court it would be a 12months easy

[1UZFE]

Rel ppl sayin d magistrate gave a mis ruling. But who is to say d bandit didnt supply the popo with some info abt who sold him d gun etc n negotiated a reduced sentence.
Case law..

[Spitfir3]

i'd still give his ass the full brunt of the law regardless just for being a cnut is not like the man going to come out and tell his criminal padners "ear fellars d maggie giving ah discount on we sentence if yuh sellout d bossman"

[spanish]

That newspaper article is very misleading.

[Slartibartfast]

...and was then spotted by the police filling it with gas in Curepe, less than a mile from where he first seized it....

...police officers on patrol saw the stolen Nissan bearing the same number plates....

...“You came clean,” said the magistrate. “Nine months’ hard labour.”

Did he really come clean though?

This is why I much rather trust stupid people. It's near impossible for them to lie.

[killercow]

WDA I jes read jed?
I see.....
So he stole to pull bull.
Well d magistrate sen him in a place he cud do dat fuh free.