16-year-old remanded to prison on armed robbery, larceny charges

A 16-year-old was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with robbing a man at gunpoint and assisting two other persons in the theft of a water pump.

The teen pleaded not guilty to a charge of armed robbery when he appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The prosecution’s case is that on August 26th,