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Agricola teen jailed for armed robbery in McDoom

May 31, 2014 News

A 17-year-old security guard from Remus Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara was yesterday sentenced to four years on each of three charges after he was found guilty of an armed robbery on a McDoom family earlier this year.
In January, the young man appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he was accused of using a gun to rob three persons at Back Street, McDoom, East Bank Demerara on last Old Year’s Day.
The charge against him detailed that while in the company of others and using a gun, he robbed Margaret Greaves of her $120,000 gold and diamond ring, and $35,000 T-Mobile cellular phone; Alisha Christian of a $35,000 BlackBerry and Simone Smith of a $35,000 silver band.
On January 3, the prosecution, represented by Corporal Seon Blackman, explained that the victims reside together in McDoom.
He had said that on Old Year’s Day, the three women were at home when the young accused and two others entered their yards and “stuck” them up with knives and a gun.
They allegedly relieved them of the items mentioned in the charge. However, Blackman said that they managed to raise alarm to which their neighbours respond.
The public spirited citizens managed to apprehend him but the other two fled the scene.
According to Blackman, the young man was handed over to the police who then instituted the charge against him.
Responding to the Prosecution’s objections, the teen has been remanded ever since his first court appearance.
During the trial, the State called eight witnesses. In closing the Prosecution’s case, Corporal Blackman stated that the accused has throughout shown no remorse. “I am urging you my worship to please consider all the circumstances surrounding the case and adjudicate as you see fit.”
McGusty imposed a four-year term of imprisonment on each of the three counts. The jail terms, she instructed, will run concurrently.

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