Alleged cutlass-wielding bandit remanded

Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Perreira, of Charlestown, Georgetown, was on Wednesday remanded to prison for allegedly robbing a woman while waving a cutlass at her.
Perreira appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and denied the charge which stated that on January 17, 2020, at Saffon Street, La Penitence, Georgetown, while being in the company of others and armed with a cutlass, he robbed Patricia Abrahams of a phone valued $65,000, several gold rings and cash totalling $331,000, property of Abrahams.
The prosecution objected to bail on the grounds of the serious nature of the offence. The case will continue on February 15, 2020.
On January 24, 19-year-old Mark Gravesande, of Lot 2194 Dairy, West Bank Demerara (WBD), was also charged for the same offence. He is currently on remand.