Puruni $15M gold heist accused remanded

John Wills

One of the two men fingered in the $15M Puruni Backdam, Essequibo gold robbery was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

It is alleged that on October 30 at Puruni Backdam, Essequibo, John Wills, being armed with a gun, robbed William Muffette of 63 ounces and nine pennyweight of raw gold valued in excess of $15.3M,