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Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh ordered the deportation on Monday after the primary school student appeared before her and pleaded guilty to two counts of larceny.

The Antigua Observer reported that the boy’s parents said they were unable to control him.

It’s reported that this was the child’s second appearance before a magistrate for stealing.

On February 15, the complainant reportedly placed two phones, a Nokia and a Blu on her dressing table in her bedroom. The Nokia is valued at $400 and the other phone costs $30.

It is reported that the 11-year-old, who is a regular visitor to the home, went to the house, saw the phones, picked them up and left.

The complainant reportedly discovered that the phones were missing and a report was made to the police.

The Jamaican youth was taken into custody and he admitted to taking the phones and told the police where to find them. Both cellphones were recovered. The child was arrested and charged.

The court was also told that the boy’s mother and father were fed up with him and that his parents consented for the boy to receive 12 lashes from a police officer.

Chief Magistrate Walsh reportedly said that it was already too late to curb the child’s thievery, since he started at age seven.

“He is already broken into being a thief. If his own parents can’t cope with him, why should the state cope with him? It is obvious that he does not listen to them (his parents),” she said.

Walsh said, “I am not going to send him to prison for taxpayers to feed him. I am seriously contemplating on sending him back to Jamaica and he can steal there.”

It is reported that the prosecutor informed the court that the 11-year-old, who has resided in Antigua for the past four years, has been out of time since August 31, 2010.

Walsh inquired how the Jamaican youth, who was dressed in his school uniform, was allowed in school without legal status. She then made the order for his deportation.