Twelve months’ jail for youth who robbed mining camp

Terence Bacchus

Titus Valenzuela, a youth who says he robbed his boss because his family needed the money, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in jail after he admitted to the crime.

Valenzuela, 18, a miner of Kuru Kuru, Linden-Soesdyke Highway and Terence Bacchus, 25, a miner of Linden, were jointly charged with two offences.

The first charge stated that on December 27th, 2019, at Takutu Backdam, Cuyuni River, while being armed with cutlasses, they robbed Candacia Ramroach of a phone, valued $58,000.