Two men were yesterday remanded to prison while another was released on $75,000 bail after they were charged in relation to last Friday’s home invasion at Republic Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD), where a businessman and his family were robbed of over $1 million in cash and gold jewellery.
Godfrey Lynch also known as `Follower’, 25, of Lot 54 Fifth Street, Alberttown and Anthony Johnson called `Big Life’, 20, of Lot 89 Second Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara were charged with two counts of armed robbery committed on businessman Ryan Rajmangal and his nephew Nicholas Prince at Lot 335 Republic Gardens, EBD.
The duo denied the allegation when they appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/ Grove Magistrate’s Court.
Lynch’s brother, Gregory Boyce, 35, of Lot 86 D’Urban and Smyth streets, Werk-en-Rust was charged with receiving stolen property, to wit one gold chain, property of Jewell Rajmangal, the businessman’s wife. Boyce denied the allegation and was granted bail in the sum of $75,000.
Lynch and Johnson were remanded to prison until May 15th. Boyce is scheduled to reappear in court on the said date.
This newspaper had reported that the attack was carried out around 8 am by four masked men, two of whom were armed with handguns. At the time, the businessman, Ryan Rajmangal, and his four children were at home. The attack was recorded by a surveillance camera inside the home. Jewell reportedly sensed something was amiss after several calls to his phone went unanswered. As a result, she checked on the home security cameras which were connected to her cellular phone when she saw the robbery taking place.
The woman immediately contacted a relative and the police.
The police, in a press release, said that the bandits pounced on the businessman as he was about to leave his home to transact business. “The victim (Rajmangal) was about to leave his home to transact some business and whilst walking through his front door, he was pounced on by the perpetrators who pointed a gun at him,” the police explained.
This newspaper learnt that the bandits, one of whom was dressed as a utility worker, reportedly scaled Rajmangal’s fence before gaining entry into the house.
The businessman was then forced back into his house, where he was tied up by the men, who demanded cash and jewellery. “The perpetrators then proceeded to ransack the house and subsequently made good their escape,” the police had said.
Two of the bandits fled on foot while the others escaped in a waiting car.
The investigation remains active and the police are being stringent efforts to apprehend other suspects.
