BV mason remanded on mugging charge

Accused of robbing a man of over $200,000 worth of items in a knife-point mugging, a Beterverwagting mason was remanded to prison yesterday.

Wendell Austin, 20, of 134 Canterbury Walk, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, pleaded not guilty when the charge of robbery was read to him in the court of Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in Georgetown yesterday.

It was alleged that on January 4, in the vicinity of Stabroek Market, Austin, along with