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Apr 19, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

Less than one month after a murder charge was discharged against him, Negus Lamazon is back in court again. This time, he and another man were remanded to prison over robbing a group of church members who were gathered at a farewell.
Lamazon, 21, a mason, of 51 Durban Street, Lodge, Georgetown and Corinth Taylor, 22, a mechanic of 53 Durban Street, Lodge, Georgetown were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
It is alleged that on April 10, while armed with a gun, they robbed Quacy Waldron of a BLU cell phone valued $30,000. It is also alleged that on April 10 at Regent Road, Georgetown while in the company of others and armed with a gun, they robbed Adidrey Liverpool of two gold chains valued $220,000.
It is further alleged that on the same day at the said location while armed with a gun, they robbed Lester Andrews of a Samsung galaxy cell phone valued $160,000.
It is also alleged that on the said day at Regent Road, while armed with a gun, they robbed Robin Fibruse of three gold chains with pendant valued $284,000 and a Samsung Galaxy J7 cell phone valued $65,000. They both pleaded not guilty to the charges.
According to reports, approximately 20 persons were attending a farewell and were sitting on the northern pavement of Regent Street, when they were robbed by bandits on CG motorcycles. Police said the bandits arrived from the western direction and came off their motorcycles, pointed their guns at the victims and robbed them. Some persons resisted and the gunmen fired about six shots in the air and made good their escape, south along Oronoque Street.
Kaieteur News understands that two of the bandits escaped on a motorcycle while the other bandit escaped on foot and left his motorcycle behind. A motorcycle used during the commissioning of the robbery was confiscated by police.
Police Prosecutor Arvin Moore told the court that the defendants were positively identified by some of the victims. The prosecutor said that the persons were gathered at a farewell when the defendants and two other men pounced on them and demanded that they hand over their valuables. The prosecutor disclosed that Lamazon was arrested at Springlands, Corentyne, Berbice, while en route to Suriname.
Attorney-at-Law Adrian Thompson asked for his client to be granted bail while acknowledging the offences are of a serious nature.
According to the lawyer, Taylor was arrested when he went to report his motorcycle stolen at the Alberttown Police Station. Thompson said that while at the station police ranks arrested his client after telling him that the motorcycle was used to carry out robberies. According to the lawyer, Lamazon was never picked out on an identification parade and was arrested in Springlands.
Thompson pointed out that police violated his clients’ constitutional rights by keeping them in custody for eight days. However, Prosecutor Moore disclosed that investigators were granted permission from the High Court to keep the men in custody beyond 72 hours.
Lamazon and Taylor will make another court appearance on May 8.
A few weeks ago, Magistrate Dylon Bess discharged a murder charge against Lamazon and Samuel McIntyre. The two men were accused of killing 33-year-old Orin David, who was riddled with bullets in front of his Laing Avenue, Georgetown home on August 1, 2016.

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