Three of five people charged with the theft of pieces of Jamaica Railway Corporation track, pleaded guilty in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Those convicted are cousins Alaska Castello, 23, Donovan Castello, 19, and Sheldon Deans, all of Gregory Park addresses.

The three pleaded guilty to simple larceny when they appeared before Resident Magistrate Marcia Dunbar-Green. The RM said, from her observation Alaska was the leader of the criminal gang, which cut the line.

"From your behaviour, I see you as the person who lead the others to commit the crime," Dunbar-Green said. All three admitted that they used welding torch to cut the rail.

The court learnt that on Tuesday, November 16, about 11 a.m., a police party went to Gregory Park where they saw five men cutting the rail.

They were held and subsequently charged with simple larceny.

RM Green told the men that because they pleaded guilty, their bail would be extended until March 8 next year when they would be sentenced. The crown withdrew the charges against two of the men.