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Lawyer Charrandass Persaud begs for bail for man with 11 armed robbery charges
Kwame Bhagwandin who is well known to the authorities and was said to be the mastermind in a spate of
Kwame Bhagwandin
robberies in Berbice during the evening of Thursday April 4, has been remanded to prison on 11 charges.
Bhagwandin, called ‘Baggie’, 23, of Lot 460 Ithaca Village, West Bank Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Charlyn Artiga in the Reliance Magistrate’s Court and was not required to plead. He is facing one charge of Attempt to Commit Murder and 10 charges of Robbery under Arms.
Bhagwandin is accused of robbing Kandacy Bhemal and Mohanie Bhemal of a quantity of gold Jewelry valued at $ 1,638,000; a quantity of silver jewelry value at $66,000; 16 pieces of diamond valued at $350,000 and $180,000 on March 28, at Cumberland, East Canje.
At the time he was said to be in company with others and armed with guns and cutlasses at Glasgow Housing Scheme.
Bhagwandin is also charged with maliciously and unlawfully wounding Sundarjeet Seepersaud with intent to murder him on Thursday April 2.
Another charge read that also at Glasgow Housing Scheme, Bhagwandin and his cohorts robbed Stanley McKenzie of one motor car, a cellular phone and $1,500 in cash.
On the same day he and his cohorts are accused of venturing to No. 2 Village, East Canje Berbice and robbing Devindra Samaroo of one gold ring and one Blackberry cellular phone, a total value of $85,000. He is also accused of robbing Devin Roopnarine of one silver band worth $8,000, Tessa Ramnauth, of one gold band and one gold finger ring value $120,000.
During the robbery spree Bhagwandin and company ventured over to the Caribbean Cruise Restaurant on Main Road No. 2 Village and robbed cashier Melissa Benn of one cellular phone and $20,740 in cash.
Attorney-at-Law Charrandass Persaud, who is representing Bhagwandin, asked for bail for his client. He told the court that he (Bhagwandin) is the father of five. He also told the court that the defendant should not be remanded to the New Amsterdam Prison since he was brutalized by inmates whilst being incarcerated there recently.
Attorney Persaud told the court that his client is virtually a cripple and at the moment is unable to grip or hold anything solid, much less a gun or cutlass.
Police Prosecutor Sergeant Phillip Sheriff objected to bail on the grounds of the nature, gravity and prevalence of the offences. He also stated that a firearm was used in the robbery while, the victim of the attempted murder remains hospitalized.
The robbery was caught on CCTV camera mounted on one of the premises that was robbed and Bhagwandin was positively identified by some of the victims of the robberies.
Four of the cases were transferred to the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court for continuation on April 24. While the other seven cases were fixed for May 6, at the Reliance Magistrate’s court.
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