A man accused of robbing a cashier at Woodlands Hospital of $1.1 million and a BlackBerry cellphone was today remanded to prison when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
Taxi driver Michael Lewis, 38, of Lot 65 Sheriff Street, who claimed he was held at gunpoint and his car hijacked by whoever might be the actual perpetrator, denied having any involvement in the July 1 robbery.
Prosecutor Vernette Pindar told the court that the case against the accused rests on allegations that he, together with another, while armed with a gun robbed Sattie Persaud, a clerk in the Accounts Department of the hospital, of the cash and her BlackBerry cellphone.
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