Magistrate threatens to free robbery accused

Jun 20, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

-if police fail to complete investigation

Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman has threatened to dismiss a robbery under-arms charge against former murder accused, Jamil Charles, if the police fail to wrap up investigations in the matter.

ROBBERY ACCUSED: Jamil Charles

It is alleged that on August 12, last year, at Lot 33 Robb Street and Orange Walk, Bourda, while armed with a gun, Charles, 29, of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, robbed Juliet Kowlessar of $900,000 and a Bank of Guyana cheque, property of Sudesh Persaud.
Charles who has been on remand since April 28, last, appeared before Magistrate Latchman yesterday during which Police Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves disclosed that investigations are still incomplete.
In the circumstances, Magistrate Latchman set June 26, as a peremptory date and informed Charles that she will dismiss the charge against him if police investigations remains in the same status.
At Charles’s first court appearance, Prosecutor Gonsalves had told the court the accused was positively identified by the victim and that he confessed to the crime in an oral statement.
Charles is also on remand for a $9M robbery which occurred at the Princess Ramada Casino, Providence, East Bank Demerara on April 29, 2016.
Wayne Griffith, 29, of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara; Junior Stuart, 30, of 141 Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown; and Andre Blackman, 35, of 6 Middle Street, McDoom, East Bank Demerara, were all previously charged in connection with the Princess Ramada Casino robbery. The trio is currently out on bail.
According to reports, gunmen entered the casino and discharged several rounds.
They allegedly relieved a security guard of his shotgun and ordered patrons and staffers to lie on the ground. It was reported that the armed men also held a cashier at gunpoint and made off with a quantity of local and foreign currency.
Charles was also charged with the March 10, 2015 murder of Agricola, East Bank Demerara shopkeeper Randy Persaud. But the matter was discharged against him on March 9, due to insufficient evidence.
Based on reports, 27-year-old Persaud was gunned down while sitting in front of his home at Lot 83 Third Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara.

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