Drug addict jailed for toy gun stick-ups

John Martin

A self-confessed “crackhead,” who used a toy gun to rob two persons he had begged for money, has been jailed for six months.

John Martin, 40, of 48 Leopold Street, was sentenced yesterday by city magistrate Fabayo Azore after pleading guilty to two counts of armed robbery.

He admitted that on August 20, at Georgetown, being armed with a gun, he robbed Manuel Sammy of