No bail for man charged in stick-up of schoolboy

A West Bank Demerara youth was yesterday denied bail by a city court after being accused of using an icepick to rob a Third Form-level student.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan denied a bail application made by attorney Lyndon Amsterdam on behalf of his client, Dennis Jones, citing the seriousness and prevalence of the crime and the issue of public safety.

It was alleged that Jones, 20, on December 24, being in the company of others and armed with an icepick,