A fish cleaner who yesterday admitted to a robbery, which he said he committed because he could not continue in his line of work, was admonished by a magistrate and sentenced to two years in prison.
Oswald Cumberbatch, 22, of 86 Laing Avenue, was charged before Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 5.
It was stated that Cumberbatch, on July 22 at Croal Street, Stabroek, Georgetown robbed Ansar Abdool of a cellphone valued $120,000 and a phone case valued $2,000.
