Duo charged with robbing pastor of $1.8M

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate on the charge that they robbed a pastor of $1.8 million.

The charge against Renard Khan and a La Cruz (surname) stated that on November 22nd, at Church Street, using a gun, they robbed Eldon Anderson of $1.8 million.

Both men pleaded not guilty.

Khan, 31, of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, stated that he was placed on an identification parade along with others who were all of African descent and he was not pointed out. La Cruz, a 25-year-old mason of Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara, stated the he too was placed on an identification parade along with persons who were mainly of African descent and was not pointed out.