Robbery accused denies showing senior cop stolen phone

May 22, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

…says he first met robbery victim while in custody

Robbery accused, Williams Evans, has vehemently denied showing Head of Major Crimes Unit Mitchell Caesar where a stolen cell phone was, shortly after he was arrested for allegedly robbing a woman at gunpoint three months ago at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt Georgetown.
Evans, 24 of Lot 244 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown; and Tambico McKenzie, 29, also of East Ruimveldt are jointly charged for the offence of robbery under arms.
It is alleged that on February 9, the two men robbed Merissa Winter of an iPhone, four gold bands and a gold and diamond ring. They are currently on remand.
Both of the men were called on to lead a defence after City Magistrate Judy Latchman ruled that a prima facie case was made out against them based on evidence led by Police Prosecutor, Kerry Bostwick.
At a court hearing earlier this week, Evans took to the witness box and told the court that he had no involvement in the crime. He stressed that he never showed Caesar where the stolen item was. He added that the victim became known to him while he was in police custody.
He said that he also met his co-accused while in custody.
The defendant related that on the day in question, around 8:30am he was standing on the back road waiting for transportation. He also said that he noticed that three police vans passed him then two stopped in front of him.
“Two more vans stopped and police jump out. And police put me inside the van.”
Evans said that when he inquired from police of the reasons for his arrest they told him that they were carrying out a campaign in the area. He recalled that the lawmen took him for a ride around the community and told him that he has robbed a woman.
The defendant told the court, “I tell them me ain’t do no robbery or nothing. I just come from home.” Evans recalled that while in custody the victim pointed him out as one of the individuals who robbed her. However, he said that he told Winter, “Me ain’t know you”.
Prosecutor Bostwick called several police witnesses to testify. But Evans, during his testimony argued that none of those police officers arrested him and that he never saw them before. He stated that a police officer searched him and none of the complainant’s belongings was found on him.
On May 9, McKenzie took to the witness box and gave his version of what transpired on the day in question. The former surveyor at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) told the court that he has no knowledge of the robbery because he was nowhere around when it happened.
McKenzie recalled that on the day of the robbery, he was arrested by armed policemen while awaiting transportation at the corner of Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt. According to the defendant, he told the officers that he was not aware that a robbery had occurred. He said that the lawmen searched him and took away his cell phone, $1,340, 40Euros and 10 grammes of marijuana.
McKenzie testified that he was assaulted by the ranks and thrown into a vehicle. “They carry me through the street to a police van where I saw Williams. Then I was placed into the van back too and carried to the East La Penitence Police Station,” he said.
He insisted that he saw his co-accused for the first time when he was arrested. McKenzie added that it was while in custody that he became familiar with him. The defendant disclosed that he is currently serving a prison sentence in relation to the narcotics that was found on him.
The police are contending that after the woman was robbed, she pursued the men in her car and ran into them, which led to their apprehension. Police are also arguing that some of the stolen items were recovered on the person of the men and that they gave caution statements admitting to the robbery.
However, the defendants are alleging that they were brutally beaten by the police. They are also claiming that police stole their money and cell phone.
The trial continues tomorrow in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

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