Parika Backdam man gets 40 months for robberies

Tyreece Gonsalves
Tyreece Gonsalves

Tyreece Gonsalves, 21, of Parika Backdam, was on Friday jailed for 40 months for burglary, the police said yesterday in a release.

He is accused of committing the act on  Mahendra Narine of  Pomona, Essequibo Coast and Hemant Persaud of Middlesex, Essequibo Coast. The incidents occurred between Thursday, 15th of  February, 2024,  and Friday, 16th of  February 2024.

 On Friday, 8th of  March 2024, the cases was heard at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam.

The prosecutor applied the Administration of Justice Act and the defendant pleaded guilty to both  charges. He was sentenced to forty months imprisonment on each offence.  The two sentences will run concurrently.