A man was on Monday remanded to prison, after being charged with armed robbery, in which it is alleged he took $25,000 cash and other items.
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday, it was alleged that Dexter Forde, on Tuesday, March 19, at Sideline Dam, La Penitence, Georgetown, while armed with a dangerous weapon, robbed Riaz Ghanie of a total of $45,000 in cash and items.
Items taken were an Alcatel phone, a birdcage, a haversack, a pair of slippers, and a blanket, along with $25,000 in cash.
When asked of his occupation, Forde told the court he has been working at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.
The accused also stated that he is the single father of a six-year-old, and that this is not his first conviction.
He pleaded not guilty but was not granted bail because of the weapon allegedly used to commit the crime, which was a gun.
The matter has been adjourned to May 20.
