Accused robber stabbed victim in neck during attack – court hears

An accused robber, who the police say held his victim at knife-point and stabbed him in the neck before relieving him of a gold chain, was yesterday remanded to prison.

Appearing before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry was Devon Alder, 31, a sawmill worker who denied that on September 20, at Stabroek Market, Georgetown, being armed with a knife, he robbed Nizam Mansoor of one gold chain valued at $300,000.

Alder, who was unrepresented by an attorney, gave his address as 932 Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara when the