Three Corentyne men were yesterday sentenced to prison terms after they pleaded guilty to all the respective charges filed against them, which included robbery, robbery with violence and possession of firearms and ammunition.
Akeem Cummings, 19, a labourer of Lot 26 Spring-lands, Akeem Blades, 18, a labourer of Lot 24 Dukes-town, Corriverton, and Neil Proffit, 26, unemployed of Lot 56 Number 76 Housing Scheme, were charged with the armed robbery of Abdoel Bhoelan and Bibi Bhoelan, which occurred on December 5 at Number 76 Village, Corentyne.
They all appeared yesterday before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, where they pleaded guilty to the charge.
Cummings was sentenced to 50 months, Blades was sentenced to 36 months and Proffit was sentenced to 12 months on the charge.
Blades and Cummings were also charged with the armed robbery of Eduardo Gutierrez Alvarez, a doctor attached to the Skeldon Public Hospital.
The men pleaded guilty, after which Blades was sentenced to 30 months and Akeem Cummings was sentenced to 36 months.
Cummings was also charged with robbery with violence committed on Mahendranauth Ganga. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 36 months in prison.
Meanwhile, Proffit, was also charged with posses-sion of firearms and ammu\nition. He pleaded guilty and was sentence to 42 months in jail.
Cummings was sentenced to a total of 4 years and two months in prison, Proffit was sentenced to a total of three years and six months in prison, and Blades was sentenced to a total of 3 years.
