A Fyz­abad man was spared a jail term for steal­ing a car yes­ter­day but if he fails to pay $20,000 in com­pen­sa­tion and a fine by?De­cem­ber 6 he could face up to eight years in prison. In pass­ing sen­tence on Na­zo­ordeen Khan yes­ter­day Jus­tice An­tho­ny Car­mona said: "The court must send a sig­nal that demon­strates that this par­tic­u­lar of­fence is a se­ri­ous of­fence." De­scrib­ing his ac­tions as brazen since the car was parked 200 me­tres from the Fyz­abad Po­lice Sta­tion, the judge told Khan the on­ly rea­son he was not jailed was be­cause the mat­ter was over nine years old. Car­mona fined him $10,000 but he has to pay $3,000 by Au­gust 17. He al­so or­dered him to pay $10,000 in com­pen­sa­tion. The mon­ey must be paid by De­cem­ber 6 or he would serve four years on each.

Khan had plead­ed guilty in the San Fer­nan­do?First Court to steal­ing a $25,000 Blue­bird in Fyz­abad on June 19, 2003. State at­tor­ney Jen­nifer Mar­tin said around 9 pm Wendy Seep­er­sads­ingh parked her hus­band's car 200 feet from the po­lice sta­tion and went to a func­tion at the Fyz­abad Sports Club. When she re­turned she found the car miss­ing. When Khan was ar­rest­ed he told the po­lice he scrapped the car and the parts were at his home. The own­ers got back their car in parts, re-as­sem­bled it and then sold it, it was stat­ed. His at­tor­ney Wilston?Camp­bell said he had eight pre­vi­ous con­vic­tions but he had changed his life and was re­morse­ful.