2 slapped with robbery, wounding charges

Two men were hauled before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday to answer robbery and wounding charges respectively.
Appearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan was 30-year-old Odel Alves and 41-year-old Jermaine Joseph.
Alves, who was unrepresented, denied the first charge against him which stated that on May 15, 2021, at the Bel Air, Georgetown seawall, he robbed Clive Barrow of a black LG phone worth $21,000. It was further alleged that on the same day at the same location, he robbed Jenelle Hussain of a BlackBerry phone valued at $30,000.
Alves pleaded not guilty to the charges after they were read to him. He was remanded to prison and instructed to return to court on June 2, 2021.
Alves was also charged with trafficking narcotics. He also denied that charge which stated that on May 16, 2021, at Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, he had 49 grams of cannabis sativa in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
According to the Police Prosecutor, on the day in question, Alves was standing in front of a building carrying a shoulder bag. The Prosecutor added that after observing Alves acting suspiciously, Police ranks searched him.
They found a quantity of leaves, stems, and seeds suspected to be marijuana in the bag. As a result, Alves was arrested and told of the offence committed. In his address to the court, Alves claimed that when Police ranks stopped him, they asked him “what yuh gun do for yourself?”
Alves told the Magistrate that he informed the ranks that he had no money. The defendant was further remanded to prison on the latter charge.
In the other matter, Joseph, a taxi driver of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown was granted $75,000 bail on a wounding charge.
Joseph pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on March 4, 2021 at Cross Street, Alexander Village, Georgetown, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Neron Yarris with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or cause him grievous bodily harm.
The court was told that the two men were known to each other since they are employed at the Green Ice Taxi Service. On the day in question, the men were gambling when they had a misunderstanding which led to a fight. Joseph armed himself with a cutlass and dealt his workmate a chop to the forehead.
Yarris reported the matter to the Ruimveldt Police Station and Joseph was arrested. The defendant will return to court next month. As a condition of bail, he was ordered not to go within 50 feet of Yarris. He was further ordered to report to the station until the hearing and determination of his trial.