Six persons were on Thursday remanded to prison for the daring robbery committed on the GTT outlet at Giftland Mall, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown last week.
The suspects: Andrea Dover, Priecy Roberts and Ashley Mansfield (top). Jamal Haley, Ryan Goodluck and Osman Brummell (bottom) (Leroy Smith photos)
Charged are Andrea Dover of D Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown; Priecy Roberts of Tucville, Georgetown; Ashley Mansfield of Victoria Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD); Jamal Haley of D Field, Sophia; Ryan Goodluck of Herstelling Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and Osman Brummell of Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.
They appeared before Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge. They are expected to return to court on October 26, 2022.
It was reported that the armed robbers posed as security officers and escaped with $13,420,487 in cash and $6,015,524 in cheques from the outlet.
Based on information received, two men were dressed in the uniform used by a private security service that usually uplifts money from the outlet when it closes. On Thursday evening, a 27-year-old employee explained that she and five other staff members were on duty, when the two suspects, wearing face masks and fully dressed in the said security uniforms, approached her and checked the bags with the cash as per normal.
One of the suspects then went outside to the other staff members and brandished a handgun at them.
They were reportedly instructed to lie on the floor and without hesitation, they complied. The other suspect, who was in the supervisor’s room, took out a handgun from the waist of his pants and also instructed her to go on the floor.
The suspects duct-taped the mouths of the staffers and locked them in the booth. The perpetrators then took the cash, exited through a back door, made their way into the parking lot before entering a white Toyota Raum car and making good their escape.
A short while after, the staff members managed to free themselves and an alarm was raised, but by that time, the suspects had already escaped. Based on investigations, the suspects were all arrested and charged for the crime.
