NASSAU-A car salesman has admitted stealing $1,000 from a client in 2018.
Fletcher Bain pleaded guilty to stealing by reason of service when he appeared before Assistant Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain.
Kennedy Ingraham gave him the money for a car that never materialised.
But Bain refused to return Ingraham’s money, the court.
Police arrested Bain on the stealing complaint on May 29.
Bain claimed that it was never his intention to steal the money.
According to him, he became overwhelmed by the demands of his job at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF).
“I was on the Defence Force at the time and I was in the process of quitting. During that time was under pressure on the Defence Force because I had this entrepreneurial spirit.”
Bain is no longer with the RBDF.
Bain claimed that he had been scammed out of $4,000 in an attempted business venture.
He said he was able to repay $3,000.
However, due to the pressure he was facing he decided to “disappear.”
Bain said he spoken to Ingraham and apologised.
The magistrate fined Bain $500 or three months in prison. Additionally, he has to repay his victim the stolen $1,000 to avoid spending an extra 30 days in prison.
