Magistrate Fazil Azeez last week sentenced a 30-year-old labourer to three years in prison for robbing a De Willem, West Coast Demerara goldsmith of over $2M in jewellery.

Germaine Williams of De Kenderen, WCD had pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery under arms when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge. The charge stated that on November 29, being armed with a gun, Williams robbed Umakant Rampersaud of a quantity of gold jewellery valued at $2,058,900, the property of Rampersaud. He was arrested and charged following police investigations.

Another person, Roquelle Alleyne of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo had also been charged with being an accessory after the fact but denied the charge. Before sentencing, the court was told that Williams had previously been convicted in the court on another charge.