A convicted thief who was given a suspended sentence on Wednesday claimed he would be seeking help for his drug habit.Bertram Russell Lynch, Bank Hall, Cross Road, St Michael also told Magistrate Kim Butcher that “from the time I free I don’t think about Verdun House anymore”.The 59-year-old who has been known to the courts since the 80s was addressing the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court this afternoon after pleading guilty to stealing two bottles of honey worth $84.96 on July 18 belonging to JG Wholesale Discount Limited.A security guard on duty observed Lynch enter the establishment which is located along Cowell and King George Street, St Michael.According to the facts read by Station Sergeant Randolph Boyce, Lynch, who is known to frequent the store, was kept under observation via the CCTV monitor. He was seen taking up a boxed juice and joining a line to the cashier. However he left that queue and went to the area where the honey is kept, took up a bottle and placed it in his left pocket.
