33 year old Delroy Chaplin burglarized the same Chinese shop twice in two days
and today he was sentenced to 22 years in jail for it. Police alleged that at
7:30 am on July 28th of 2008 – an armed Chaplin entered Jenny’s
Shop on Meighan Avenue and stole $2,785 in cash and some phone cards. Chaplin
wasn’t caught then and so he tried his luck again at Jenny’s Shop
two days later on July 30th. This time he was armed with a loaded .25 pistol
and stole $366.50 in cash and some phone cards. But on that occasion he was
busted and charged with 2 counts of aggravated burglary, 2 counts of aggravated
assault, one count of keeping firearm without a license and one count of keeping
ammunition without a gun license.
Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie found Chaplin guilty of all six charges
and sentenced him to 7 years for each count of aggravated burglary, 2 years
for each count of aggravated assault and two years each for the possession of
firearm and ammunition charges. That adds up to 22 years but Chaplin will only
13 because some of the sentences will run concurrently.
In his defense, Chaplin testified that he was sick on the day the first incident
was alleged to have occurred and that two days later on the second occasion
– he was beaten by police.
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