Ex-national boxing champ on armed robbery, wounding charges

Dexter Marques

Former national bantamweight champion Dexter Marques was yesterday arraigned on charges for armed robbery, wounding and using threatening language.

Marques, 25, of 292 ‘B’ Field, Sophia, was not required to plea to an indictable charge of armed robbery and two indictable charges of felonious wounding, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of using threatening language. He was later remanded to prison.

It was alleged that on July 12 and July 19, respectively, at