Labourer pleads guilty to 7 armed robberies, jailed for 14 years

A man was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by Magistrate Charlyn Artiga last Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to seven counts of robbery under arms.

Prem Narine, 20, a labourer of Lot 15 Princeton, Corriverton, Corentyne had appeared before Magistrate Artiga and had the indictable charges read to him. He was not required to plead.

However, an application for the defendant to enter a plea was made by Police Prosecutor Sergeant Althea Solomon