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Three men who police suspect to be behind several armed robberies committed around the Diamond, East Bank Demerara area between September and November were yesterday slapped with several charges at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.Carlton Tucker, 31, Mervin Baker, 18, and Delon Edwards, 22, all of the Diamond Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, were read separate robbery under arms charges when they appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty,Cheap Adidas Superstar, and was later remanded to prison until January 22.The first charge of robbery under arms alleged that on September 17, at the Courts Diamond Branch, East Bank Demerara, while armed with a cutlass,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Edwards and Tucker robbed Sandra Sookwah of one gold ring valued at $48,000 and one gold chain valued at $25,000.Secondly, the prosecution claimed that on October 16,Nike Air Vapor Max Flyknit Pure Platinum, at Cinema Street, Diamond, East Bank Demerara, while equipped with a handgun Tucker stole one gold chain valued at $110,000 from Navendra Malvya.It is also alleged that on November 6,2014 Olympic Team USA #44 Brooks Orpik White Stitched NHL Jersey, at Diamond Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, while armed with a handgun, he robbed Pamela Chanian of $50,000 cash.The men who were all represented by Attorney at Law Paul Fung-a-Fat denied the claims.The Prosecution was represented by Sergeant Shellon Daniels who relayed the fact of each charge. She said that the accused are known by all the victims of the robberies they allegedly committed.According to Daniels, Sookwah is a Roshan Khan (RK) Security guard who is attached to the Courts Diamond branch. She said that on September 17, the accused went to the guard hut and Edwards who had a cutlass lashed and broke one of the louvers windows.They then entered, held onto the woman, relieved her of the jewellery and later escaped.Daniels told the court that about 17:30 hours on October 16, Malvya was at a shop when he noticed the accused and offered to purchase him a beer but the man declined.The man then ventured to his car which was parked some distance away. Whilst standing at his car with some friends, Tucker allegedly approached the victim from behind and held onto his chain.According to the prosecution, the victim’s attempt to retaliate was cut short as Tucker pulled out a gun from the waist of his pants, pointed it to him and demanded the said chain.Malvya, however, still resisted so Tucker dealt him a lash to the left side of his head, snatched the chain and escaped on foot.The court heard also, on November 6, that the accused went to Chanian’s shop to purchase cigarettes when Baker who was armed with the gun, pointed it to her and demanded that she remain silent.The Prosecution claimed that at that time,wholesale jerseys china, Edwards and two others swiped the cash and all later escaped on foot.The matters were reported and the trio was arrested and charged. Court Prosecutor Daniels objected to the trio being granted bail citing that the robberies were gun related and that no special reason was presented by their counsel.In response,NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale, Magistrate McGusty refused the trio bail and the matter will be heard before Magistrate Neron Daily on January 22. |
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