Casino robbery accused objects to tendering of statement

Mar 17, 2018 News

Andre Blackman, Junior Stuart and Wayne Griffith

Wayne Griffith, who along with two other men, is accused of carry out a multimillion-dollar gunpoint robbery at the Princess Casino, has objected to a question and answer statement he gave to detectives, being tendered in his trial.
Griffith of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara; Junior Stuart of Kitty, Georgetown and Andre Blackman of McDoom, East Bank Demerara, are accused of robbing Daniel Roberts and Alfea Gajadhar of $8,951,000 -property of the Princess Casino, on August 29, 2015.
When the trial continued yesterday, Police Inspector Devon Lowe took the stand again. In his testimony, Inspector Lowe, a detective, recalled taking a question and answer statement from Griffith in the presence of Police Inspector Prem Narine, sometime after the robbery, at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown.
In objecting to the statement being admitted, Griffith told the court that Inspector Lowe “wrote down his own thing.” He said, “Things I said to Mr. Lowe is not in the question and answer (statement).” According to Griffith, apart from Inspectors Lowe and Narine, his Attorney and another individual were present when the statement was taken from him.
The robbery accused said that he answered questions put to him by Inspector Lowe after seeking advice from his lawyer. The trial is continuing before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman, with Police Corporal Shawn Gonsalves representing the prosecution.
According to police, four men arrived at the Ramada Hotel in a white motorcar bearing a fake number plate.
They were armed with guns and entered the Princess Casino where they discharged several rounds.
They relieved a security guard of his shotgun and ordered patrons and staffers to lie on the ground.
It was reported that the gunmen held a cashier at gunpoint and made off with local and foreign currency. Three of the alleged bandits reportedly escaped on foot, while police were able to apprehend Griffith, since he was allegedly left behind in the casino. Stuart was reportedly arrested in a house a few days after the robbery with a large quantity of wet money and other valuables. Blackman, a former security guard at the Casino allegedly provided the gunmen with vital information about the gambling spot’s operations.
During the ordeal, Police Lance Corporal Andrew Richardson and four hotel staffers sustained gunshot wounds.

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