A Kitty vendor is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with carrying out a seawall attack in which he allegedly robbed a man and beat him until he was unconscious.
Rawledon Marshall, 26, of Lot 28 Pike Street, Kitty, and a drink vendor at the Kitty Market, stood before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in Georgetown to answer to the charge of robbery with violence.
It was alleged that on February 10th, at the Kitty seawall, he robbed 20-year-old Masecimo Hartman of an iPhone, valued at $170,000, a hat valued at $5,000, a charger also worth $5,000 and $40 in cash. In addition to this, he also allegedly used personal violence on Hartman before, during or after the attack.
Marshall pleaded not guilty to the charge.
According to the police prosecutor, Hartman was walking along the seawall when he was confronted by the accused, who ordered him to hand over all of his belongings. After complying, Hartman was told to lay flat on the ground and he was then kicked in his head and about the body, which subsequently rendered him unconscious.
The accused denied any involvement in the attack and even stated to the court that he was nowhere in the vicinity of the seawall at the time. “Yuh worship, I was at me mother stand by the Stabroek Market when [all of this was happening],” he told the court.
The prosecutor objected to bail and the matter was adjourned until March 4th.
