Tiger Bay teen jailed for 50 months over armed robbery

Dwayne Christopher

A Tiger Bay teenager who admitted to holding a couple at knife-point at the Promenade Gardens and robbing them of almost $300,000 in cash, jewellery and smartphones, was sentenced to 50 months imprisonment yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Dwayne Christopher, 17, of Lot 12 A Rosemary Lane, who initially pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned on May 12, later accepted that on May 1, at Middle Street he and another person, both armed with knives, pounced on Nicquan Nester and Kerlyn Hyman.

According to the police’s case, Christopher stole a gold band valued $80,000, a gold ring valued $70,000, a $60,000