Two men who were charged with robbing a businessman at Coomacka Mines, Upper Demerara River, on Emancipation Day were yesterday remanded to prison and ordered to appear in the Linden Magistrate’s Court on 15 September 2015.
When the matter came up for hearing before Magistrate Clive Nurse in the Linden Magistrate’s Court, prosecuting officer, Police Sergeant Pindar said the state was changing the charge against Justin Percival of robbery under arms of Naresh Puran on 1 August 2015 to proceed with a joint charge against Percival and another of robbery under arms of Puran at Coomacka Mines, Upper Demerara River. Twenty-nine-year old Junior Melville of First Street, Silvertown, Wismar, a miner, was the other person charged with robbery under arms.
They were accused of taking a .32 pistol; 11 rounds of .32 ammunition and $1M, amounting to
