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Woman, three others charged with killing and robbery of Westminster phone card vendor
Naiomi Bentick, the lone female suspect being led away from the court.
Four persons, including a 25-year-old woman and two men accused of committing an armed robbery several weeks ago, were charged yesterday with the shooting to death of phone card vendor Ron Mansfield at Westminster, West Bank Demerara.
They appeared before Magistrate Alisha George at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court, and were all remanded.
They are Shomar ‘Pope Pi’ Singh, 21 of 61 D’Urban Street,Wortmanville; Alexander La Cruz, 25, of 179 Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD; Mark ‘Biggs’ Welch, 25, of 2743 Recht-door-zee, WBD and Naiomi Bentick, 25, of 893 Westminster, WBD.
Mansfield was shot shortly before 21:00 hours on June 19, last. His wife had indicated that she was watching television when she heard a gunshot.
She looked outside and saw her husband’s motorcycle lying on the road.
The woman said that the shooter grabbed the haversack her husband was carrying. The haversack contained phone cards that Mansfield was selling, along with some cash.
The other suspects being led away from the court.
According to police, two of the suspects will also be charged for an armed robbery committed on a businessman at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, several weeks ago.
Investigators said the two were positively identified as the perpetrators.
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