Cycle bandits jailed for knife-point robbery

Jun 24, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists

Two men who were run over by a woman with her car after they robbed her, were yesterday found guilty

Jailed: William Evans

on the offence of robbery under-arms and sentenced to terms of imprisonment, after they appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman.

Tambico McKenzie, 30 and William Evans, 25, both of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, were convicted for robbing Melissa Hohenkirk of an iPhone, four gold bands and a diamond ring all totaling $370,000.
The robbery occurred on February 6, 2015, at Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Magistrate Latchman, having considered all mitigating factors – the prevalence of the offence, the penalty attached to the charge, and the need to prevent others from committing such an offence – sentenced Evans to three years’ imprisonment.
The Magistrate explained that she had considered that Evans had spent 16 months on remand awaiting the completion of trial.
McKenzie was not present at yesterday’s court hearing, but was sentenced to serve four years and eleven months for the crime.
On the day in question, the victim had stopped her motorcar, when McKenzie and Evans rode up on cycles, placed a knife to her neck, and took away the articles mentioned in the charge.
However, in their bid to escape Hohenkirk ran them over with her vehicle. McKenzie ended up in a nearby trench and his cycle was left under the victim’s car.
McKenzie was later found by police ranks who were on patrol in the area in an abandoned house. He handed over Hohenkirk’s jewellery to police.

Jailed: Tambico McKenzie

Evans was found a while after and pushed his hands into a gutter and retrieved the iPhone, which he gave police ranks.
The items were admitted as evidence in the trial and were identified by the victim as her belongings.
During her ruling, Magistrate Latchman said that she believed the men acted in consort to feloniously carry away the woman’s items. The Magistrate added that she disbelieved McKenzie and Williams when they told the court that they were not involved in the robbery and that they were not riding cycles on the day in question.
McKenzie’s attorney, Dexter Todd informed the court that he was unaware of his client’s whereabouts, and gave oral notice of his intentions to appeal the decision.
During his defence, McKenzie elected to give sworn testimony. He had told the court that on the day in question; he was standing in front of Cevon’s Waste Management on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, waiting for transportation to go home. He had testified that policemen pulled up in a vehicle and told him that he was wanted in connection with a robbery and began searching him. He had told the court that police only found marijuana in his possession.
McKenzie had denied robbing Hohenkirk, riding a cycle, and handing over the woman’s jewellery to police.
Meanwhile, Evans had testified that he was standing in front of a Chinese restaurant when police ranks approached him and told him that they were carrying out a campaign. He had said that the lawmen searched him but found none of the victim’s belongings.
He also denied robbing the victim, riding a cycle, and showing police where the stolen phone was.
Police Prosecutor, Corporal Kerry Bostwick indicated that McKenzie was previously convicted on a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm. According to the prosecutor, he was jailed for seven months for that offence.
McKenzie and Evans made their first appearance on February 9, 2015.

Discover more from Kaieteur News

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Latest News