It was a short but extremely funny scene at the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday when a man who had a matter in court bolted from the compound, outrunning two policemen who tried to apprehend him.

Shouts of "hol' him, hol' him!" rang out from the upper level of the court as The Star arrived on scene, only to see a man in a lime green shirt scampering out the courtyard through the gates of the premises and making a dash for his life up the busy Maxfield Avenue thoroughfare. In pursuit were two policemen dressed in suits.

Simple larceny charge

Checks by THE STAR revealed the man, identified as Christopher Mullings, had appeared in court yesterday morning facing a simple larceny charge. According to one policeman, the allegation was that Mullings filled up a car with petrol and failed to pay. His bail was extended in that matter and he returns to court on January 28.

One of the policemen, after giving an unsuccessful chase, said that he only wanted to talk to the edgy Mullings. The cop said that there was a previous matter involving Mullings whereby he is accused of renting a house and collecting deposits from several people, but was not the owner of the house. It was this matter that the policeman said he wanted to talk to Mullings about, and not the larceny case he showed up for yesterday.