Novice calypsonian Link “Lightening” Luke has pleaded guilty along with two other friends Egbert Benjamin Jr and Dwight Baptiste all of Mahaut to the offence of theft.
The trio appeared before Magistrate Ossie Lewis on Friday afternoon after being arrested and charged for stealing $866.58 worth of items which they stole from the storeroom of N & J Minimart in Mahaut.
The items included a box of smoke herring, a bag of sugar, a pail of pig snout and a pail of pig tail and two boxes of water.
A charge of theft was also brought against the rookie calypsonian for stealing a ripping iron from another Mahaut resident.
He admitted to police that he used to tool to damage the padlocks used to secure the store room where the items were kept.
One of the three – Benjamin denied that he assisted in stealing the items but admits that he helped to hide them after they were stolen.
The magistrate fined the young men $500 each for the offence and ordered them to each pay $290 in compensation to the owner of the minimart by 31st May, 2012.
They face 6 weeks in prison if they fail to pay up.
Luke was also ordered to pay for the damage of the padlocks in the sum of $198.
All those sitting in high offices and stealing from the country purse how comes they are not getting arrested????
i guess the little publicity will help….
Well,well well. You disappoint Ossie. Did you take off the mask to look at the pig snout and pig tail?. Good topic for next year…”The Mask Fell In De Shop”
Now you have to pay for a padlock and plus for your crime..But if I was the judge (Ossie) Your punishment would be writing calypso for all the young people in Mahaut….
Alas, the bible that we must not punish a man for stealing food, but instead let him pay it back.
They did’nt steal food for them to eat, they stole to start a small shop
Sad to hear. But he needs to stop the wrong doings and move on in a positive direction. He should take his drawing seriously and make money from the art. Sell to the tourist and whoever. If he can’t afford the materials to start with; he can identify himself and make a plea to get the materials. Then he can change his name from lightening to ‘light;’ as there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
encouraging words for Lightening, he needs encouragement and as a talented young man his focus is positive with art and music.
chh wat u trying na eggy u disappoint your boi there big time things tight 4 everybody eh big man
Shame on all you especially Egbert Bengermin you should be setting an example please find a work to do.
i feel sorry for the brother. wont rejoice at his down fall.sometimes we just need to listen to ppls story and we will understand.. i still don’t condone his action tho..
dem man nah easy all dem have to say is NO LAW NOT EVEN D CONSTITUTION can prevent them!!!!
not only the guy is a good calypso artist he can also draw!! he is talented and just making it go down the drain with his nonesence….egbert was so quiet i don’t know what went into him….SMH
@ Justice
You know, associating with bad company and bad influence. They corrupt.
So he jus sang the song and never listen to the lyrics then.. Oh no wonder he forgot the song…
That’s the double-faced nature of those mask camp calypsonians led by their puppet master
DNO how did you let this comment slip by without flagging it as the dumbest comment ever. I guess the low rating tag is much too kind to label this coment. Lets just say Allah.
U forgot STAERDOM SCRUNTER and de bag of money. No work in de damn country and not every one get hand outs. Opression.
This is about the most foolish comment I have ever seen on DNO>> Your brain needs to be scrubbed with clorox bleach to rid u of this stupidity disease..
What utter rubbish
man ifeel for you, to get high on your medecine is not the way to go.however i hope you can bounce back and come with a strong song for next year.i really like the song you sang,you just need to focus on your talent, that can take you places, not where what you doing now, will get you.
But offcourse he must sing take off the mask- How the heck all you expect the man to eat his Hawason, Gel cochon and larchais cochon with mask on.
Let me go call Sour Sour to compose a calypso on him
Good to Go Gel cochon Gel cochon
Hawason Hawasonhai haiy haiy
Lightening volere tikik kilik kilikikic
Pig tail and squash
Hawason and yampere
Gel cochon Gel cochon
Blow the horn swing stars haiy haiy
Lmao,
lol, maybe u should compose it yourself
best comment ever!!!!! lmao “hawason and gel cochon” woye!!!!!
you make my dayyyyyyyyyyyy. i laughed till i cried. maaaaaaad
Sometimes just a little humour is good.. for the soul
Poverty is a hell of a thing.
@ Met Yo
This gives people no reason to steal even though they are poor. It really is not worth a criminal record. There are always generous people who could have given them if they were in dire need of.
Since I heard this guy’s calypso,I suggested to many that he should be arrested and questioned. The anecdotes therein were too convincing to be ignored.
With sufficient guidance this guy could win the crown….He has so much potential!
This is your second chance young man….Do Good!
@ huh
As you stated, this was a red flag based on the lyrics. He was sending an immoral message and what he would do. Some of them are radicals and lawless. I do hope he will try to make something better with his life and stay away from bad company.
LOL! What a damn hypocrite! Take off the mask eh!
I THOUGHT LIGHTING IS QUICK HOW COMES HE WAS ARRESTED? (LOL)
Sad, Someone better ensure that these young men are given a regular job. Calypso is good but it is seasonal and can’t pay the bills.
Lightning, thankfully you were spared the prison. But please try the straight and narrow, it is harder but safer. Your legendary “quickness” was a fleeting thing and it won’t work since things are tight around so businessmen will try thier best to catch thieves. So just ask for help, many will turn you down but a few will help.
sad , another brother with promise falls
I CAN IMAGINE OSSIE “A FAN OF YOUR KAISO” SAID TO YOU.SHAME ON YOU MAN !
you can clearly see that the boys were hungry. alas
@ Anonymous
Were they truly hungry? You should ask them instead of making such a statement. If people are hungry they do not steal a big amount. They steal enough for them to eat a meal. In any case, they should ask and not steal. Asking is better than stealing. Does the government not have a department that could assist them financially? Is there any reason to steal and tarnish their character?
he isn’t a novice, he has participated for two years
lightning…you sing take off the mask..but you put yours back on lol
Lol. Well it seems he take it out to do the robbery that’s why he in hot water. When he sang the song I didn’t realise he was trying to say “be a boldface teeth”
But what i reading there nor were u all going to cook up a broth
i sooo like a pig tail. i would eat that broth
@ Anonymous
Purchase some meat and make the broth. All of us would like some meat and broth but we will purchase the meat and not steal it.
My family and I just bought a big Pizza in Toronto. I have some different pizza recipes. Eventually I plan to make some homemade. I love homemade cooking. Hm, hm! Delicious! Once in a while a treat is good, especially on a Friday evening after a hard work week. Saturday is a good day for making broth
You will pay for it
You would eat that broth of stolen goods? Ou say yon volere aus si.
That was more than a broth
Lightning, who you following, why you doing that? Is your own people you hurting.
Did you ever consider that, all you had to do was ask. My brother put down the ripping iron and take off the mask, take off the mask, take off the mask.
Papa met!!!!! Zorr!!! Hahahahaaha das why he “put down d gun and take off d mask” woye!!! Alas poor him…. I hope he drop his dorty habit and listen 2 d lyrics of his song!
Yes indeed
Yes I!
Link “Lightening” Luke…..that’s a pretty cool name though…