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Football player remanded for armed robbery
Jul 29, 2012 News
A 19-year-old football player from East La Penitence was on Friday remanded to jail after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer two charges of armed robbery.
Sean Robinson, on July 20 at Georgetown, while armed with an ice pick, allegedly robbed Clint Callendar of a Blackberry cell phone and one gold bangle totaling $222,000. On the same day, at the said location, Robinson allegedly robbed Elka Dean of one MP3 player valued at $16,000. This time, the man was alleged to have used a knife.
To both charges Robinson pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutor Simeon Payne said that on the day of the incident around 8:30 hours, the defendant and others walked up to victims and relieved them of their articles. The information said a report was made to the police and the defendant was later apprehended and charged.
Robinson however sought to defend himself by saying that he and someone else had been arrested for the offence. He said that the other person has since been released. Robinson further claimed that last Wednesday night, he was released in relation to the matter and re arrested on Friday, but on that same day, he said he was released again.
Robinson said prior to him being arrested, he was heading to a football match when two cars with men inside pulled up next to him. He said one of the men shouted “don’t move,” but he said he was fearful and thus took off running. Robinson continued that the men and ranks of the Community Policing Agency (CPA) later caught up with him.
The prosecutor denied the defendant’s story and told the court that the defendant was positively identified by the virtual complainants.
The victims also told the court that after the incident, some of them conducted a search of the area for the suspect. They said they saw the defendant and pointed him out as the culprit before he was arrested.
The prosecutor requested that Robinson be remanded to jail based on the prevalence and seriousness of the offence. The matter was transferred to Court Two.
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