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No bail for mechanic on robbery charge

Jan 23, 2015 News

A 19-year-old mechanic, who was reportedly part of a gang that invaded a businessman’s premises and robbed him of a quantity of cash and items almost two years ago, was remanded to prison yesterday.
Rayon Finman of Seventh Street, Campbellville appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a robbery with violence charge.
It is alleged that on June 26, 2013 at 14 North Sophia, Greater Georgetown, while in the company of others and through the use of personal violence, he robbed Derek Haley of his motorcycle, two cellular phones and a quantity of cash. The items amounted to $277,000.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The court heard that Finman had no prior charges or convictions and Police Prosecutor, Corporal Deniro Jones objected to bail citing the gravity and prevalence of the offence.
Jones said too that personal violence was used during the robbery and that the 19-year-old was a possible flight risk.
The Magistrate granted Jones’ request and Finman was remanded to prison.
Last August, one of his alleged accomplices, 19-year-old Wesley Griffith, was jailed on the said charge. During Griffith’s trial, it was revealed that a group of young men went to Haley’s business place in North Sophia, Greater Georgetown, that day.
Under the guise of being customers interested in making purchases, the men proceeded to severely thrash Haley before making off with his valuables. The gang escaped that day, but Griffith was later caught, charged and subsequently jailed for 60 months.
Finman will appear in court again on February 28 to defend this charge.

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