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Taxi driver on $700,000 bail for obtaining $29 million by false pretence
Accused, Jomo Campbell, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday
Kaieteur News – A 30-year-old taxi driver was released on $700,000 bail for two counts of conspiring to obtain $29 million by false pretence.
The accused, Jomo Campbell of Lot 18 Number 5 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore.
Campbell pleaded not guilty to the charges which alleged that between April 1 and May 22, 2025 at Croal Street, Georgetown, he conspired with persons who are unknown, to obtain $13 million by pretending he was in a position to sell a plot of land located at Lot 2404 Block 3, Planation Providence, East bank Demerara (EBD).
It is also alleged that Campbell, between February 28 and March 19, 2025, at South Road, Georgetown, while being together with another person with intent to defraud, received the sum of $16 million from Kevon Bess, by pretending that he was in a position to sell a plot of land located at Lot 2353 Block 3, Planation Providence, EBD.
The prosecution objected to bail due to the serious nature of the offence and the accused’s conspiracy with another person to fraudulently forge a document to obtain a sum of money for land. They noted that such actions should not be taken lightly.
Campbell was represented by attorney Yuborn Allicock, who pleaded his case. Allicock told the court that the prosecution failed to provide solid ground for why bail should not be granted. The attorney noted that the prosecution did not state that his client is a flight risk, nor did it mention that he would intimidate the virtual complainant in the matter. Allicock noted that Campbell has no prior convictions or pending charges and, on that ground, he is requesting reasonable bail.
Magistrate Azore granted bail in the sum of $350,000 for each of the two offences, totalling $700,000. Campbell was also required to lodge his passport and report to the Brickdam Police Station every last Friday, starting June 27, 2025.
The matter has been adjourned to June 16, 2025.
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