Essequibo farmer, labourer remanded over armed robbery

Two men were yesterday jointly charged with robbery under arms when they appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate’s Court.

Carlos Petrie, 24, a cash crop farmer of Suddie and Satesh Singh, 24, a labourer of Little Red Village, Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast were not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on November 25 at Zorg, Essequibo Coast, while armed with a gun, they robbed Fizool Mohamed of a gold band and gold chain.

According to the police, around 20:05 hrs, Mohamed, 55, of Zorg, was attacked and robbed of his personal jewellery by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. Investigations revealed that Mohamed was at his restaurant when the suspects approached and demanded the