Storeowner disappointed at light sentences for youths in multi-million dollar robbery

Darien Best

Following the handing down of community service sentences to two youths who stole over $9M in electronics and other valuables during a gunpoint hold-up of Golyn & Sons Fashion, the store’s proprietor Mahendra Boodhoo has voiced his dissatisfaction with the punishment meted out.

Darien Best, 19, of 429 Guyhoc Park, Georgetown and Joel De Mendonca, 20, of 17 Providence Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD), were found guilty of two charges of armed robbery by city magistrate Judy Latchman, who on Monday sentenced them each to six months of community service.

“I don’t think the magistrate did enough. We have no