Two youths who were arrested by police after they allegedly hijacked a car were yesterday charged with armed robbery.
Stephon Daphness, 24, of Lot 86 Hill Street, Charlestown, and Daniel McArthur, 19, of Lot 22 South Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, were arraigned before Sparendaam Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool, who remanded them to prison until June 9.
It is alleged that on May 13, at Second Street, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, while in the company of each other and armed with a gun, they robbed Miles Burrowes of a Toyota Allion, bearing registration HD 1860, valued $3,200,000, and property of Sandra Bradley. They also allegedly took a cellphone and cash, amounting to a total of $90,000, that were the property of Burrowes.
