Court grants mercy to trio on robbery charges after pleas

Three men on Monday earned lenient sentences after saving the court time and pleading guilty to charges of attempted robbery and robbery.

Marcellus Marks, 39, also known as ‘Charles Smith,’ Junior McFarlane, 40, and Wayne Gibson, 42, were sentenced by Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Marks was on an attempted robbery charge.

When the magistrate attempted to read his charge, he interrupted, proclaiming, “I don’t steal. I does do any lil fine thing fi mek money.” He added, “I does wash vehicle pun Leopold Street.”

Prosecutor Tracymay Gittens said Marks was caught on September 30, at Junge Liu’s Robb Street home,