Kitty man jailed for 3 years for robbing taxi driver

Isaiah Johnson of Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown, is currently serving a three-year prison sentence for robbing a taxi driver at gunpoint.
The sentence was imposed on him on Thursday by Magistrate Ruschelle Liverpool, who had found him guilty as charged for the offence of robbery under arms.

The now-convicted man was on $200,000 bail pending his trial.
Police prosecutor Visram Ramjattan prosecuted the matter.
Reports are that at about 02:15h on November 3, 2022, Junior Alphonso was working a hire car at a base on Sheriff Street, Georgetown, when Johnson requested a taxi to transport him to Plaisance Line Top, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
He then boarded Alphonso’s car, a Nissan Bluebird, and was taken to the location.
However, upon arrival there, Johnson pulled out a gun from his bag, pointed it at Alphonso, and demanded he hand over the car. But Alphonso threw away the car’s keyless sensor.
After he did so, Johnson pulled him out of the vehicle and thereafter went to retrieve the sensor.
Alphonso then jumped into his car and secured same and then raised an alarm by honking the car’s horn, causing Johnson to run away with the keyless sensor.
A report was made to the Police and when Johnson was arrested, the sensor was found on his person. The entire robbery was captured on CCTV and Johnson was also positively identified by the victim. The keyless sensor is valued at $60,000. (G1)