“Is because I from Tiger Bay dat de police always accusing me whenever de store get a break-in,” a 26-year-old man told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
Odingo Edwards, of 20 Queens Street, South Cummingsburg is accused breaking and entering the Guyana Stores garage and stealing 20 tyres valued $370,000 and $886,000, totalling over $1.2M. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted $75,000 bail.
The prosecution told the court that on December 28, at Water Street Edwards together with four others who were armed with several pieces of wood and cutlasses broke into the garage and stole the items. A security guard on duty raised an alarm; apprehending Edwards with some of the items and a cutlass in his hand while the other men made good their escape. Edwards was later handed over to the police and was charged with the offence. The prosecution said too Edwards is known to the court and had been charged on several occasions with similar offences.
Edwards said too he had been charged in the past for breaking into the same garage and stealing several items. In his defence the man said on the day in question he had been swimming near the wharf aback the market when several policemen grabbed him, placed guns to his head and told him that they were arresting him for the break-in. He said the police had also told him that if another robbery occurs at the store he would be charged with the offence whether or not he was guilty.
Edwards was ordered to appear in court on January 16.
I hope yall see how the police does harass people!
theman was caught with items in his possession and is an habitual criminal. police harassment – what a joke!
Let me see if I get this right; this mut is accused of robbery under arms and is given bail in the amount of $75.000 even though the prosecuter notified the courts that he has been before the courts before on similar offenses?. Crime certainly pays in Guyana….
Depends on who pressing the charges!!! Now if a … smallshot press charges then bail is set at 10,000, if it is a ……. with ropes, then no bail!!!
GPF stop the profiling of my Tiger Bay homies! Now a “brudda” can’t swim in peace …you’ve to come in the water and arrest him.
Wow , the excuse they come up with when caught .
He got caught red handed and yet claimed that he was swimming at the time .
Well since the city is flooded , they should put him to swim in the drain till he get tired and can’t move.
lol
and then cries police brutality – what a world! and sensorship.
another career criminal get caught.
I do not know who to believe in this story,the police nor the alleged thief
dem police should bruck e mouth….e is a career thief…and a liar to…
These stories make me laugh so much, these guys are really comedians, they would say anything when caught.