Witness remanded over armed robbery despite attempts to stop charge

Peter McKenzie (left) and Aniki Rogers (right) being escorted to the prisoners’ holding cell yesterday

A single mother of three, fingered by her friend for an alleged gunpoint robbery, was yesterday remanded to prison along with two others despite indications from the prosecutor that she had been wrongfully charged with the crime.

Alana Taylor, 35, of 212 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was accused of robbing her friend Elizabeth Hendricks of $341,000 worth of valuables including a cellphone, a gold ring and a laptop. Peter McKenzie, 23, of 298 Meadowbrook Squatting Area and Aniki Rogers, 19, of 191 Meadowbrook Gardens were also charged with the crime,