West Ruimveldt man remanded over armed robbery

A man was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that he allegedly stole a BlackBerry smartphone from another man.

It was alleged at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court that on November 15 at West Ruimveldt, while in the company of others, Mark Lovell, 44, of Lot 44 Friendship, East Bank Demerara, armed with a gun, robbed Rico Persaud of a BlackBerry cellular phone valued $50,000.

Lovell pleaded not guilty to the