Shot bandit from botched Tuschen Robbery makes first court appearance

Feb 05, 2020 News

Almost one month after two of his accomplices appeared before a court for the botched robbery at Tuschen on January 3, last, Shaquille Wilbury who was nursing a gunshot wound to his leg made his first court appearance on Monday.
Wilbury appeared before Magistrate Zameena Ali-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court and was not required to plea to the indictable charge read to him.
The charge stated that on January 3, 2020, at 5 Star Chinese Restaurant, Wilbury while in the company of others and armed with a gun and a cutlass, robbed Guang Hong Wang of cell phones and cash.
It was also alleged that on the same date and location, while in the company of others and armed with a gun and a cutlass, the gang robbed Navindra Lakahalall of a silver chain and cash.
Earlier in January, Police constable Jonathan Harry, 24, and Akande Ross, 20, of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, were charged. Mark Prince, another member of the gang , was shot dead by a resident who went in aid of the victims.
Police are still on the hunt for the female suspect who was with the men at the time of the robbery.

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