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Marlon Dolphin remanded for robbing Cop
A man, who has been suffering from constant seizures, was brought before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell, yesterday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the allegations which stated that he robbed his two friends, one of which happens to be an Immigration Officer.
The particulars for the two counts of robbery under arms read that on May 11, the defendant, Marlon Dolphin, being armed with a gun, robbed Tony Clarke of one gold chain and $160,000 in local currency.
The second charge stated that on the said date, the defendant who was armed with a gun, allegedly robbed George Sean Porter of one Blackberry Torch cell phone worth $66,000. To both charges, the defendant pleaded not guilty.
According to Prosecutor Alexis David-Hossanah, while both complainants were standing on the Aubrey Barker Road, they were confronted by the 27-year-old defendant who was in the company of two others armed with guns. The alleged robbers demanded their belongings or threatened to end their lives.
With the items mentioned in the charge, in hand, the defendant and company made good their escape. The matter was later reported and the complainants explained to officers that they are friends with the defendants. Dolphin was later arrested and charged.
Appearing for the defendant was Attorney at law, Paul A Fung-A-Fat, who stated that the defendant who resides at 186 Beverly Close, South Ruimveldt is an employee of Banks D.I.H. He requested bail for the defendant based on the grounds that his client is Epileptic, has serious clotting in the brain and is expected to travel to Trinidad at any point in time to undergo surgery. He said that he feared that incarceration may kill his client.
Despite the lawyer’s appeal to the court for mercy on his ill client, the defendant was remanded and is expected to return to court on May 21 for the beginning of his trial.
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