Man gets two years in jail over North West robbery

Steve Williams

A man was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail after pleading guilty to charges of firearm and ammunition possession and armed robbery.

Steve Williams was brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown, where the charges were read to him.

The first charge alleges that the accused at Bamboo Landing, North West District, on November 23rd, while armed with a gun, robbed Deneisha Stoll of 3 ounces of raw gold, valued at $660,000, $320,000 in cash, $20, 000 in cosmetics and, a $12,000 bottle rum. The stolen items were valued at $1,112,000 in total.