Alleged computer thief remanded

Delmar Booker was on Tuesday arraigned for three counts of armed robbery before Magistrate Leron Daly, and remanded to prison after bail was denied.
It is alleged that between February 18 and 19, 2017, Booker broke and entered Lodge Secondary School in the Georgetown Magisterial District, and stole therein 10 Dell desktop computers and nine batteries valued .9 million; property of the Education Ministry.
It is further alleged that the accused on February 19, 2017, at Durban Backlands, Georgetown, while armed with a gun, robbed Brian Griffith and Kishawn Shaw of two cellphones, each valued at 00.
Booker denied all charges when they were read to him by the Magistrate.
Bail was strongly opposed by Prosecutor Sanj Singh, who in his submissions to the court, said Booker is a repeat offender with pending matters of a similar nature in other courts. The prosecution’s submissions were upheld and Booker was remanded. The case will continue on July 14.