Nine-fingered burglar Prints new tattoo over old one
The nine-fingered burglar seen on security video brazenly carting off money and a safe from the offices of Sueria Manufacturing, changed a distinct tattoo on his right shoulder prior to his arrest.
In a security video of the burglary, the suspect, identified as Steve Singh, is seen sporting a tattoo of the Libra scales and weights zodiac sign on his right shoulder. But when police nabbed him last Wednesday, he had imprinted another tattoo on the original one. It is believed that the suspect resorted to this ruse after Kaieteur News circulated photographs and video footage of him (the intruder) with the distinct tattoo, raiding the Eccles, East Bank Demerara business place. Photographs acquired by Kaieteur News, and apparently taken recently, show the 24-year-old Yarrow Dam resident, sporting the nowdiscarded ‘scale and weight’ tattoo. Singh was driving a white Toyota Allion when police arrested him in Riverview, Ruimveldt last Wednesday. He reportedly said that the car belonged to him and an aunt, but neither the suspect nor the aunt have a driver’s licence, insurance or other documents for the vehicle. Police have since detained the aunt, Mahandai Singh, who also resides at Yarrow Dam.
Kaieteur News understands that since his arrest, some individuals have produced security footage of a burglar, who they believe is Singh, seen raiding their premises. Singh, who also has a missing finger, has a string of charges to his name for break and enter and larceny. He is reportedly before the courts in connection with a breakin at a city store. Individuals who know him said that in August 2016, he was implicated, along with others, in the theft of a safe containing a significant amount of cash and diamonds from a Kitty residence. In retaliation, a group of men allegedly abducted Singh and an associate, Ryan Khan. However, Singh managed to escape. The abductors had reportedly threatened to kill Khan if the stolen cash and jewellery were not returned. In September 2015, the now detained Steve Singh was charged for allegedly stealing a boat valued 200,000 US dollars and trying to sell it.
(Kaieteurnews.com)