Gerard Brookes, a Villa man, has been instructed to provide compensation to a tourist and a tour guide after he stole their personal belongings during a beach visit.
The incident occurred five days ago on Runaway Beach when Brookes, 40, took two bags from a parked bus.
The victims, a tourist from the United States and a local tour guide, had left their belongings on the bus under the care of a tour company employee.
Brookes swiftly approached the bus, snatched the bags, and hastily fled in his car.
The stolen items, valued at $4,619 for the visitor and $1,960 for the local, included identification documents, bank cards, cell phones, cash, and other valuables.
Following his arrest, Brookes led the police to a location where he had discarded most of the stolen items, retaining only the cash.
Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh ordered Brookes to pay $1,000 to the tourist and $500 to the tour guide.
Failure to comply by mid-September would result in a six-month jail sentence.
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We need to start flogging these hungry belly smaddy.
This kind of behavior will negatively affect the tourism industry in antigua, the court should throw the book at these individuals and send a strong message that this kind of crime will not be tolerated..
Beach theft happens more often than we would like to believe…
It happened to someone very close to me, and they have decided that they will never visit antigua again, they were on vacation from the US..sad!!
Cell phone,cash and ID’s were stolen from their rental care on the beach
And he also works at a hotel plus with Government.So he double wrong for this but saying goes bone will choke greedy puppy.And also he is very big gambler in all the casinos and boast and this is what he walking a mean driving and doing.SMH,SHAME ON YOU GERARD BROOKES.SO YOU ROBBING PEOPLE TO GO GAMBLE????WOW,YOU’RE SUCH A SCUMBAG AND A LOUSE!I HOPE YOU ARE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF AND GO HIDE AWAY IN SOME BUSHES…THE JUDGE SHOULD HAVE FINED AND CONFINED YOU FOR A GOOD 2 YEARS.BUT PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU COOPERATED YOU GOT A SLAP ON THE WRIST.
SHAME,SHAME,SHAME ON YOU,NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU’RE A BIG THIEFFFFFFFFFFFF.SO ALL THE BIG COILS YOU NORMALLY HAVE IN YOUR POCKET,NOW WE SEEING AND REALISED WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON…..
Should have ordered him to pay the full value of the items he took and more in compensation, and if he couldn’t come up with the money, jail him for longer!
Even if some things were returned, they still had to endure the inconvenience.
The crime on this island is getting ridiculous!
I am disappointed in him big time…..Sigh…..
Can’t be just now he doing this,he only now getting caught.He should be ashamed of himself.
If he should be ashamed one more time. A so he win Paradise Casino jack pot back to back last month twice. 2 $10.000. Shamelessman
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