A clothes vendor was remanded to prison after he was accused of using a cutlass to rob Colrin Mercurius of two gold chains.
Derwin Harding pleaded not guilty yesterday in a city court.
In the alleged robbery which, according to the charge, took place in Georgetown on March 22, two gold chains with a total value of $90,000 were reportedly stolen.
Attorney-at-law Paul Fung-A-Fat, who represented the 27-year-old defendant, told the court that on the day in question Harding saw Mercurius beating his little brother and he went to his brother’s aid. He added that no robbery was committed and urged the prosecution to prove otherwise.
The prosecutor stated that on the said day the accused went to the complainant and snatched off his two gold chains. He added that the complainant asked the accused for his chains, but the defendant chased the complainant with the cutlass.
The prosecution stated that subsequent to his arrest, the defendant confessed to the alleged crime, stating that he took the items and later sold them.
It was highlighted by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that the cutlass was not allegedly used by the defendant to retrieve the gold chains but after they were already snatched from the complainant.
The defendant was subsequently remanded and the matter adjourned to April 8.
