One of two men accused of stealing food items and a radio from a church was sent to prison for nine months when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate' Court yesterday.

Pongal Lee was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at hard labour by Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey, while his co-accused, Kenno Herron, was remanded for sentencing on October 11. Both men are charged with simple larceny.

The court was informed that both men were caught with items including a radio, a bag of coconuts and about 30 Sunshine Snacks peanuts that were stolen from a truck parked inside the premises of the Hagley Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Kingston 11 area.

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The court was informed that on Saturday, September 25, about 10:30 a.m., the complainant, who is a salesman. parked his truck on the church's premises. He then went into the church to worship.

Upon returning, he discovered that the truck had been broken into and the items stolen.

A search was carried out on the compound and both accused were found hiding in a brown Toyota motor car owned by Herron, with all the stolen items in their possession.