A Sophia man charged with armed robbery was yesterday accused of trailing the victim after she left a city bank and robbing her at gun-point when she tried to evade him by ducking into a pharmacy.
Twenty-five-year-old Keon Kelvin, of ‘C’ Field, Sophia, was not required to plead to the indictable charge when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
It was alleged that on October 31, at Georgetown, armed with a gun, he robbed Ann Welsh of a shoulder bag, valued $5000, a BlackBerry smartphone, valued $50,000, and $180,000, among other items.
Police Prosecutor Bharat Mangru told Chief Magistrate Sewnarine-Beharry that on October 31,
