Duo put on $80,000 bail each for allegedly snatching handbag

Two men who allegedly robbed a woman of items which amounted to $15,000 in value were  yesterday placed on $80,000 bail each after they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The allegation is that on September 12, Anthony Hooper and Oneil Semple robbed the Virtual Com-plainant Eugene Williams of one handbag valued $5,000 and $10,000 in Guyana currency.

The 23-year-old Hooper of Lot 32 Cummings Lodge, Georgetown, and the 25-year-old Semple who resides