Armed robbery accused remanded

Jevon Gillis

A Goedverwating man was yesterday charged and remanded over a gun-point robbery, while the man to whom he allegedly sold the stolen items was also charged and released on bail.

A city court heard that on April 2, in Georgetown, Jevon Gillis, 20, of Lot 18 Goedverwating, East Coast Demerara, allegedly armed with a gun, robbed Diane Payne of a television, a Samsung tablet and two cell phones, and other articles totaling $591,000 in value. Gillis pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him by Magistrate Annette Singh.

Gillis was represented by attorney Paul Fung-A-Fat, who said the