A remand prisoner who allegedly escap-ed from the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court lockups last week was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.
Frederick Peters, 29, of 3715 North Ruimveldt was not required to plead to the escape from lawful custody charge.
It is alleged that on February 20 at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court lockups, being in lawful custody pending criminal charges of robbery under arms, he escaped. He was brought before Magistrate Cecil Sullivan on September 8 and was refused bail.
Peters who was granted $550,000 bail by Magistrate Oneidge Walrond-Allicock at Court Six was waiting in the court lockups to be transported back to prison when he reportedly escaped.
He reportedly ran through a gate at the back of the court and headed up Croal Street before going onto King Street where he disappeared. On his first appearance in Court One, Peters was refused bail on ten counts of robbery under arms, one count of threatening a police officer, abduction and having a dangerous weapon without reasonable excuse. It is alleged that between May 24 and September 4, 2006 he robbed ten persons carting off over $1,088,000 in jewellery, a cellular phone, cash and other items. He also reportedly threatened city policeman Quincy Trotman, had a ‘Rambo’ knife with no reasonable excuse and abducted Adilah Sabree.
When Peters was told yesterday that his case was transferred to Court Two he pleaded with the magistrate saying “Me worship, me ent want me case in Court Two, I’m begging you. I want it in another court.” As he was being led to the docks, he continued, “No police en bring me back, I come back me self.”
Speaking about why he escaped, he said, “My daughter was ill, she had one more day to live and I beg the magistrate to allow a police to escort me to the hospital.” Downstairs in the courtyard as Peters was being taken into the police truck his mother stated, “You get away and I bring you back, you en get away to thief, you get away because ya child sick.”
Peters’ case was transferred to Court Two for March 19.
