A former Atlas employee who was placed on trial over the theft of $10 million from one of the company's armoured trucks, nearly six years ago, was freed before the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court.
Nadein Miller, 52, was acquitted of a charge of larceny as a servant after her attorneys challenged the evidence submitted by prosecutors.
Miller was part of the team that loaded the armoured truck on January 25, 2018.
The Crown had alleged that, after helping to load the truck, Miller, who had been complaining of feeling unwell, left the compound.
Shortly after the truck departed, it was discovered that a bag containing $10 million was missing.
But $6 million was later found at a school attended by Miller's child on February 9, 2018.
Her attorneys, Peter Champagnie KC and Samoi Campbell, argued that the evidence against their client was insufficient and that she should be acquitted.
The attorneys submitted that surveillance footage showed Miller leaving the compound without the bag in her possession.
They further argued that the armoured truck left the compound without Miller, and that a check of the money was conducted after Miller had already exited the truck.
In moving for the dismissal of the case, Mr. Champagnie and Ms. Campbell further pointed out that Miller was arrested on January 28, 2018, and that the police had conducted multiple searches at the school where the money was discovered after her arrest.
He suggested that the money could have been placed there by someone else, adding that the room where the money was found had no door, making it easily accessible.
The court also heard that Miller was not the only Atlas employee with children attending the school.
In delivering the verdict, Chief Parish Court Judge Chester Crooks said the evidence did not sufficiently establish that Miller was responsible for taking the money and highlighted that the evidence did not rule out the possibility that other people with access to the money had taken it.
As a result, Miller was found not guilty and released.
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