Two youths were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with robbing a man of his cellphone.
Eighteen-year-old Randy Smart and 20-year-old Niants Daniels were brought before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus when they were jointly charged with stealing a man’s cell phone.
The charge against them states that on March 29 at Georgetown, they stole from the person of Daniel Rawdin, a cell phone valued $51,000.
Following a not guilty plea from both men, the Police Prosecutor Michael Small told the court that he would be objecting to the men’s bail.
The prosecutor told the Magistrate that both Smart and Daniels were positively identified by Rawdin and that surveillance footage has been collected by the police, in which both men could be seen committing the act. After the prosecutor delivered his case, the two men were given a chance to address the court. Smart, of Lot 240 South Road, Lacytown, told the court that “it was an accident”, referring to the alleged robbery.
He also said that when his friend started running, he followed. Daniels’ explanation was the same. The mechanic added that after they started running, they ran into an officer and that was how they were arrested immediately after the alleged crime was committed. Daniels also admitted to the court that he had been charged before for a similar charge but that the matter was dismissed.
After explaining themselves to the court, the Magistrate remanded both men until April 25th when they will appear before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty.
