1 given 3-year sentence, another remanded on a robbery charge

Two men jointly slapped with a robbery charge appeared on Wednesday before Georgetown Magistrate Faith McGusty; where one of them — 21-year-old Brian Pompey of Buxton, East Coast Demerara — pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, while David Williams entered a not-guilty plea and was remanded to prison.
The charge against the two defendants stated that on June 8, 2019, at Regent Street, Georgetown, while being in the company of others, they robbed Parimdra Chatterpaul of a cell phone and cash at the Plaisance mini-bus park.
Pompey told the court he is currently unemployed, having recently lost two jobs; and on the day in question he saw two men committing a robbery on the victim, and he joined in by pushing his hands in the man’s pocket, from whence he took away $700 and the mobile device.
Prosecutor Annalisa Brummel told the court that the victim was waiting on a minibus at the intersection of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic when he was attacked, pushed to the roadway, and relieved of the items.
Pompey and Williams were subsequently apprehended, and during a search on their persons, the phone was found hidden in Williams’s crotch.
The two were taken to the Brickdam Police Station, where Pompey admitted to the offence while Williams maintained having no knowledge about the robbery.
After listening to the facts of the matter, Magistrate McGusty sentenced Pompey to three years’ imprisonment, and remanded Williams to prison. His next court appearance is slated for June 19.