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Four men accused of robbing a 17-year-old private hire taxi driver of a motor car have been remanded to jail.The men, who all gave Demerara addresses, are charged with robbery under arms. They are Dexter Carvan,Cheap Jerseys From China, 21, of George and Princes Streets,NBA Authentic Jerseys, Georgetown; Frank James,Kyle Korver Hawks Jersey, 29, of George and Princes Streets, Georgetown; Desibo Kumar, 23, of East Ruimveldt, and Phillip Newton, 37,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey, a bus driver of Parfait Harmony, West Bank Demerara.They appeared yesterday before Magistrate Alex Moore in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.The charge states that on November 29, last, at New Amsterdam, Berbice, armed with a gun, the men robbed Kallicharran Sookchand called “Amit” of East Sheet Anchor, East Canje, Berbice, of one motor car PTT 6559 – a white Toyota Fielder Wagon valued at $2.8M, a Samsung Galaxy S5 phone and $2,Brad Richards Red Wings Jersey,000.Around 19:45, Sookchand was in the vicinity of Main and New Streets in New Amsterdam when he was hired by a man to take him to Patrick Dam in Angoy’s Avenue. Upon reaching the destination the man told him that he would be returning in a short while.The man went into a house and returned with two others who boarded the car and asked him to drive to Glasgow Housing Scheme to pick up a girl.While in the vicinity of No 60 Stanleytown, the men began choking and gunbutting Sookchand. After the teen resisted,Fernando Rodney Jersey, a shot was fire forcing him to surrender. He was then bound with duct tape and thrown out of the vehicle in a clump of bushes.The matter is being prosecuted by Inspector Godfrey Playter.The vehicle was intercepted last Saturday by alert police in Georgetown.The men were refused bail and remanded to jail until February 13, 2017. |
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