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Serial Robber, Kwame Jowanza
Kaieteur News – Confessed robber, 35-year-old taxi driver, Kwame Jowanza was sentenced to seven years six months imprisonment for a series of robberies committed on four victims.
The accused was arrested on Monday after a party of policemen swooped down on a Parfaite Harmonie home where a search was conducted. During the search which was carried out in his presence, a number of articles were found. These include: four ladies handbags; one fake number plate; two Samsung Galaxy smart phones which did not contain sim cards; one tablet and one Bluetooth speaker.The accused was sentenced yesterday after he appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court where the indictable charges were read to him and he pleaded guilty to each offence.
The recovered items which were found in Jowanza’s home
Jowanza’s victims were: Basmattie Surjpaul a 21-year-old clerk of Tuschen New Housing Scheme, Melenda Alli, a 23-year-old clerk of Tuschen New Housing Scheme, Budindra Basdeo, an 18-year-old lab technician of Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara and Tamika Bidder, age 21 years of DeWillem, West Coast Demerara.
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