25 year old Tyneko Trott pled guilty in Magistrates’ Court this morning to two counts of attempted robbery relating to two attempted handbag snatches that occurred in the City of Hamilton around 5pm on Tuesday, November 30th 2010. As a result Mr. Trott was remanded into custody by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner for sentencing on February 3rd 2011 pending social inquiry reports.

Detective Sergeant Dean Martin, one of the investigators on the case stated – “This was the result of a good overall team effort from both the uniform officers and the investigative officers in the Hamilton Criminal Investigation Unit. Mr. Trott was actually arrested by uniform officers for another matter but through diligent police work was identified as the culprit in two recent handbag snatches. After inquiries by the Hamilton Criminal Investigation Unit he was placed before the court and admitted to committing the offences.”