Barefaced bandit jailed for three years in absentia

Sep 06, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

A man who on Saturday March 11, last, around 09:00 hrs entered a grocery shop with intent to rob the occupants, but was caught and beaten instead, has been jailed for three years in his absence.

Desmond Griffith

Desmond Griffith, 23, of 1046 East Canefield, East Canje, was handed the sentence by Magistrate Alex Moore in the Reliance Magistrate’s Court. He was charged with attempt to commit a felony—robbery under arms.
When he first appeared in court he was remanded to jail. Griffith who is known to the authorities was subsequently granted bail. He eventually stopped attending court and was subsequently found guilty and sentenced to three years in jail in his absence.
According to the prosecution, on the day in question, the bandit, who was armed with a knife, entered Chung’s Grocery at Betsy Ground, East Canje and attempted to rob the business place.
However his attempt was thwarted. He was captured, subdued and beaten by residents. Information revealed that the owner was at home with his wife in the lower flat of their two- storey building. His wife had just finished showering and had entered the upper flat.
The businessman suddenly felt something pressed to his neck and somebody ordering him to freeze. He did not take it for anything as he thought it was one of his friends playing a prank.
The two subsequently became engaged in a scuffle. The bandit subsequently freed himself from the owner and ran upstairs to his wife. The woman encountered the intruder on the inside steps. Her children had locked themselves in their rooms.
The bandit ran back down the stairs and was again confronted by the owner in a fierce battle as he attempted to flee. Neighbours who had heard the couple’s cries for help, responded and helped to subdue the thief who was subsequently tied up and handed over to the police.

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