Convicted duo implicate REO’s son in robbery

Apr 07, 2010 News

– claim father’s firearm, vehicle were used

In a odd twist of events, two men who were each sentenced to seven years imprisonment for robbery under arms by Magistrate Nigel Hawke, have implicated the son of the Regional Executive Officer for region five.
The two men, Troy Nelson, 18, called “Tiger” and Dorwin Richmond, 21, of Hopetown Village, West Coast Berbice, pleaded guilty to a charge which stated that they robbed Yolaliza Seunaraine of articles valued $31,000 on April 1. The men also pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition on the same date.
Police Prosecutor Grace Bristol told the court that on the day in question the two men pretended to be customers at the woman’s grocery store.
Bristol said that the shopkeeper turned away and one of the defendants pulled out a gun.
The men then gained entry to the grocery store and managed to tie up the woman and her husband. They escaped with a passport, a driver’s licence and $25,000 cash. When asked by the magistrate if they had anything to say, the two men told the court that the mastermind behind the robbery was the Regional Executive Officer’s son.
The REO’s son, who is no stranger to the courts, was charged for several matters including murder. He was never committed to stand trial in the High Court because the matter was struck out.
According to the men, the REO’s son drove them to the grocery store with his father’s car and handed them his father’s gun to commit the robbery. However the police who were investigating the matter said that the gun used was an unlicenced weapon.
The two men also revealed to the court that REO’s son had promised to purchase items for them after the robbery was committed. “He tell we he gon buy things for we Easter when we do dis robbery”
The two also said that they were going to rob a furniture store, but they changed their minds. Nelson told the magistrate that the two men lured him from his house to commit the robbery.
The convicted duo gave the registration number for the vehicle to the court.
The two men were sentenced to two years each for the possession of a firearm, two years for the unlawful possession of ammunition and three years for robbery under arms. The sentences will run consecutively.

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