The two men accused of beating and robbing taxi driver David Christopher Megwah were yesterday freed after he told the court he did not want to offer evidence.
The allegation against Imran Khan and Simon McAllister was that on Tuesday, February 8, at Blygezight, Georgetown, being armed with a knife, they robbed Megwah of $5,060.
The duo denied the charge of robbery-under-arms when it was read to them by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, before whom they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
In giving the facts of the case, Police Corporal Venetta Pindar said that on the day in question, the defendants had hired Megwah to take them to a house at Blygezight Gardens. After he did so, Pindar said, they asked Megwah to wait on them and moments after he noticed them attempting to
