I am referring to an incident, which unfolded last week, Saturday, February 6 at a local factory.

I was wrongly accused, detained and interrogated by fellow employees regarding theft.

My parents were told that jugs were stolen, yet while I was being accused I was told I had stolen tumblers, so between the two what exactly was stolen?

I would like to know why the video footage was not shown to me? This footage made them come to the conclusion that I had stolen property of the company.

Furthermore I was told that the fingerprints at the crime scene belong to me. Are the employees now fingerprint experts as well to determine that the fingerprints belong to me?

And since they suspect the stolen items are at my home; why don’t they get a search warrant?

The law of the court goes as follows ‘innocent until proven guilty beyond any reasonable doubt,’ so how can they say I am guilty of theft without any evidence?

The court does not follow gossip and media speculation, they require evidence, the same applies with the police, in order to convict a suspect.

Without evidence the suspect is a free man. To my friends and family and colleagues, I DID NOT STEAL the ‘mugs’.

I want to clear my name, which is being tarnished as a thief. After about two years of my service to the company, why would I suddenly do such?

Whoever set me up and got me into this trouble remember nothing goes unseen in God’s eyes, my prayers will be answered and the real thief will be exposed.

V Nundlall