Five found guilty of Bel Air heist

Hardat Kumar

Jermaine Mitchell, Rayon Jones, Chandraradha Rampersaud, Aubrey Simon, and Hardat Kumar were yesterday found guilty of the July 12, 2011 multi-million-dollar Bel Air Gardens armed robbery committed on Annie Ramsood.

Rampersaud is Ramsood’s mother, while Kumar is her first cousin.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, who presided over the case, informed the defendants that their sentencing would be deferred to today to facilitate the presence of defence counsel George Thomas, who is expected to provide the court with mitigating factors for his client Jones.

The jointly-charged quintet were found guilty of two counts of armed robbery.