Mark Griffith, the man suspected to have been shot during an attempted robbery on Tuesday at the Giftland Mall Access Road junction, was recently sentenced in his absence to two years in jail on an armed robbery charge.
Guyana Police Force spokesman Jairam Ramlakhan yesterday confirmed that Griffith, 25, a resident of Street Anchor Village, East Canje Berbice, was charged in October last year with an armed robbery committed on a Bristol Street, Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice resident.
He had appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. Bail was initially denied but it was later granted and Griffith was released in February. Stabroek News was told that following the completion of the trial in May, Griffith, who never returned to court after being released, was found guilty of the charge and he was sentenced. An arrest warrant would likely have been issued for him.
