Shaquille Wilburg, the 21-year-old mechanic, who was charged in October 2017 for carrying out a $3.3 million robbery at Brickdam, was on Tuesday afternoon jailed for four years by Magistrate Annette Singh.
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The Lot 14 Buxton Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident on Monday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and changed his previous plea of not guilty to guilty.
The charge against Wilburg stated that on October 13, 2017, at Brickdam, while in the company of others and armed with a gun, he robbed Linden Wilson of $3 million in cash along with two cellphones valued $300,000.
Wilburg had been on remand since his first appearance on October 23, 2017.
When he appeared before the court on Tuesday, he told Magistrate Singh that he wished to change his plea and he was “very sorry”.
Magistrate Singh took into consideration the apology given by Wilburg and the fact that he did not further waste the court’s time, so she deducted one year from his sentence. Time served in prison since the defendant was on remand was further deducted from the jail sentence.
The Magistrate then reprimanded Wilburg informing him that the life of crime did not pay. She advised the defendant that after serving his time, he could acquire additional certification in his profession of auto mechanic and get a high-paying job.
