Former Atlas employee accused of $10 million heist freed

A former Atlas employee charged over the disappearance of $10 million from an armoured truck has been found not guilty in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

Nadein Miller, 52, was acquitted of a charge of larceny as a servant.

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.

However, $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.

Campbell submitted that surveillance footage showed Miller leaving the compound without the bag in her possession.

Campbell also noted that the armoured truck left the compound without Miller, and that a check of the money was conducted after Miller had already exited.

Campbell further pointed out that Miller was arrested on 28 January 2018, and that police had conducted multiple searches at the school where the money was discovered after her arrest.

He argued that this suggested the money could have been placed there by someone else.

The room where the money was found had no door, making it easily accessible, the attorney also argued.

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 stated that 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 individuals with access to the money had taken it.

As a result, Miller was found not guilty.

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