Terry Andrew Joseph, accused of being one of the two suspected pirates that eluded capture after attacking fishermen in the Pomeroon River and off the Waini Coast earlier this month, was yesterday arraigned on a charge of armed robbery at sea.
Joseph, 28, said to be a seaman of Lot 6 Farm Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, was not required to plead to the indictable charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
He was remanded to prison after being charged with robbing Shameer Shafiq of personal items, valuing over $14,000, while on sea. The charge was based on the allegation that on September 8, in Essequibo,
