No bail for accused in East Bank stick-ups

A man was yesterday denied bail and remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after he was arraigned on three counts of armed robbery.

It is alleged that on July 4, at Public Road, McDoom, East Bank Demerara, Audwin David, 24, armed with an ice pick, allegedly robbed Aaliyah Raphael of a cellular phone and a gold chain, totaling $31,000 in value. It was also alleged that on the same date, at Cross St, McDoom, he robbed Melissa Cornelius