2 admit to robbery with aggravation

Two men who have been charged with the offence of robbery with aggravation have pleaded guilty as charged when they were arraigned before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in that Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
Orlando Scott, 25, of Cummings Park, Sophia, Georgetown, and Chris McKenzie, 24, of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, have each offered the court an explanation for their resort to crime.
The particulars of the charge against them stated that on Friday, June 23, at Water Street, Georgetown, while in the company of each other, they robbed Dyanand Singh of a Samsung Galaxy cellular phone valued at $55,000, and of $75,000 in cash.
According to the prosecution’s short facts, on the day in question, Singh and his girlfriend were walking along Water Street, Georgetown when the two men accosted him from behind.
They choked him and relieved him of the items mentioned in the charge, before making good their escape on a motorcycle that was parked nearby.
Police were able to apprehend these men after reviewing close-circuit television camera (CCTV) footage in the area, and they were eventually nabbed at the Stabroek Market and taken into Police custody.
In a brief address to the court, Scott claimed he committed the crime because he was frustrated at not being able to secure employment. “[I] would like to ask for the court’s leniency…I was frustrated because I am not getting no work,” he said.
McKenzie, on his behalf, said, “[I] am asking for forgiveness, and I would never do it again.”
In his remarks to the court, the Police prosecutor pointed out that Scott had previously twice been charged for armed robbery, but those matters were concluded after he had opted to compensate the victims.
In the end, the confessed robbers were remanded to prison until July 26 for sentencing. (G1)