One week after Corlette Parks, 49, of Lot 4692 Postal Housing Scheme, Georgetown, was charged in connection with the invasion and robbery at the home of former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, a second suspect surrendered to the Police on Thursday.
PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Guyana Times that the suspect turned up with his lawyer at the Brickdam Police Station. He is presently in custody and is assisting with the investigation. On Friday last, Parks was remanded to prison on a robbery charge and will make her next court appearance on January 11.
It was reported that Parks rented her motorcar to the three suspects who carried out the brazen daylight robbery on November 9 at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
The robbery reportedly occurred just about 12:00h, after two gunmen gained entry via an open door on the lower flat and tied up the two maids.
The men ransacked the house and carted off an undisclosed sum of cash and a quantity of jewellery in a waiting car. The maids subsequently managed to untie themselves and raised an alarm.
Rohee subsequently related that he was not at home at the time of the robbery but his two domestic helpers were, and would have left the backdoor ajar through which the men gained entry. They were carrying guns and a knife.
After confronting the two women, the bandits held them at gunpoint and ordered them into the upper flat of the building, where they were gagged and bound with duct tape.
The men, Rohee had stated, ransacked the home and found a quantity of jewellery belonging to himself and his wife and an undisclosed sum of money, before escaping in a waiting car.
Hours after the robbery, that vehicle was found abandoned. Further investigations by Police led to Parks, who is the owner. She reportedly rented the car to the three men who committed the robbery. Investigations are continuing.
