Gwendolyn Young sentenced to five years for Burglary
Gwendolyn Young
Forty-six year old Gwendolyn Young, a resident of Conch Shell Bay in Belize City, has been sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted of Burglary. Young was accused of entering the home of eighty-three year old Edel Maheia and stealing a purse containing five hundred dollars, a bunch of keys and a toaster oven on October twenty-seventh of last year. In court on Monday Maheia, who is physically handicapped, testified that she was sitting on her sofa when Young entered her home selling mangos. Maheia reportedly asked her to leave but she refused. Instead, Young proceeded to search the residence where she found a purse containing the money. Before leaving Young allegedly grabbed a broom and hit the elderly woman repeatedly.
During trial three witnesses testified against Young including PC Jermaine Mangar who responded to the burglary report. Magistrate Albert Hoare told her that due to her previous convictions for similar offences he could not impose a non-custodial sentence. Court records show that Young has eight previous convictions including a burglary dating back to January 1997; a theft in 2008 where she was fined two hundred and fifty dollars, but did not pay. Additional time will be added to her sentence in default of payment.
Should have given her twenty years, this theif steals from the elderly all the time. 20 Years please.
DAMN!! it’s a big shame for this woman thiefing a older lady or handicapp person is really out of hand. the courts should have given her more time but remember people we’ll end up paying her free food and accomodation in hattieville from our taxes so it’s o.k five yrs. but they should put her to work there, to do all the washing of cloths along with maping the halls inside there. big, big shame healthy woman physically but sphsycologically crazy for what she does beat an elderly. mein keep watching who passes by selling house to house people you can’t trust no one now.
what a shame!! This woman should be looking after her spiritual life, since she is getting closer to the day of meeting her creator. Instead she is jacking up our older women in our community, wow this yea b….. crazy a… should have been TAMBRAN WHIPPED, this dah weh dem want. What a example to her children and grandchildren if she has any.
Talk about government faults!! NO way. the problem lies on each person, this is what she choose to do, so she have to pay, and look at her smiling face, like is dah somehting good she do.HHHm
I am so dissapinted at my black bredda and sista dem, No example to others.
This is the reason why crime is so high in Belize.What do you tell your kids when they messup if this is the example that you’re giving them.What about respecting our elders and not stealing from them.
You’ve got no shame Gwendolyn where are these Lady’s kids to whip the living hell out of Gwendo?
El arbol torcido nunca se endereza.
The same goes to the politicicians.
Once a crook, always a crook.
How many years must be given to politicians or cicil sevants
for embezzelment ? Zenaida is still free as a bird.