Chinese supermarket robbery suspects refused bail on several charges

Jan 14, 2017 News

Two men who are accused of robbing the Good Life Supermarket on Tuesday evening were yesterday remanded to prison at the Albion Magistrate’s Court.
Shawn Thompson, 20, of Lot 55 First Street, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne; and Daniel Grant, 23 of Williamsburg Village, Corentyne, were both unrepresented when they appeared before Magistrate Marissa Mittleholzer, yesterday.
The charge read that the accused allegedly robbed Huang Xiong, 36, and Zhang Bi Hang, 36, of $500,000 in cash and one iPhone 6. They were not required to plead to the charge. However, Daniel Grant was charged separately for allegedly robbing one of the owners, of one gold ring, one gold band and a quantity of Digicel Phone cards, a total of $1M.
The duo was also charged with robbing Devendra Narine of a cellphone and Permaul Lachna of a motorcycle worth some $160,000, a cellphone , $50,000 and a DVD player, costing $20,000, totaling $230,000
Prosecutor Orin Joseph objected to bail based on the nature and prevalence of the offences.
Thompson was also charged separately for making use of threatening language towards Gary Batson and for allegedly throwing a missile at Batson on January 6, at the Port Mourant market. Thompson, who is attached to the Albion Estate in the Spray Gang plead guilty to the charge of threatening language and not guilty to throwing a missile.
For the charge of threatening language the Magistrate placed Thompson on one year bond or two weeks imprisonment. Prosecutor Orin Joseph made an application for three weeks to under the grounds that the police are still conducting searches for the gun used in the robbery. The men are to return to court on January 30, for report.
According to the facts of the case, two men on a motorcycle armed with a shotgun and a cutlass invaded the Good Life Supermarket on Tuesday night and robbed Huang Xiong, 36 and his partner, Zhang Bi Hang, 36, owners of the supermarket of approximately $500,000 in cash and one iPhone 6 cell phone.
The perpetrators ordered the owners and the customers to lie face down on the floor. The entire ordeal was caught on surveillance cameras. One of the bandits stood guard while the other went to the upper flat of the building taking along Xiong with him ransacked the upper flat and found $350,000 in cash.
After returning downstairs the men ordered one of the owners to empty the cash register, $150,000 was handed over from the register. The bandits escaped on the motorcycle.
One of the men is also said to have robbed one of the owners of a gold chain, one gold ring and a quantity of Digicel phone cards. They were subsequently arrested the said the night of the robbery with the swift action of two ranks.

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