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Diwali Night armed robbery accused on $800,000 bail

Dec 08, 2012 News

 

A man who is on four counts of robbery was on Wednesday placed on a total of $800,000 bail.
Asif Kowlessar, called Kasim, 32, of Lot 34 East Canefield, East Canje, Berbice on Wednesday appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the Reliance Magistrate’s court and pleaded not guilty to four charges of robbery under arms committed on a family of four on Tuesday November 17, last.
The case for the prosecution is that on the night in question the accused in company with four others and while armed with two shotguns, two cutlasses and one iron bar, robbed former GBC employee and bank clerk Denise Bachan, her father, Richard Bachan, her mother Harmonie Bachan and one John Hunt Gobin.
The court was told that around 21:10 hrs the family was in the process of lighting diyas when the men barged in and stuck them up. Denise was robbed of one gold bangle, one Blackberry cellphone, and one laptop computer, two computer speaker boxes, one digital camera, one gold foot chain, one ring with hearts, cocoa butter creams and a quantity of perfumes.
Richard was robbed of one finger ring and a gold band to the value of $140,000. Harmonie was relieved of a finger ring valued $14,000 while Gobin had two finger rings taken away along with a wallet and $25,000.
Some of the items were allegedly found in the possession of the accused.
He is to return to court on February 6, 2013.

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