Armed robbery accused released on $300,000 bail

Raphael Watts, 35, who was remanded to prison last year September on an armed robbery charge, was on Friday granted $300,000 bail when he reappeared before Magistrate Rondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Watts, at his first court appearance, had pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that on April 24, 2021, at Hadfield Street and Louisa Row, Georgetown, while being armed with a gun, he robbed Towanna Ammon of 10 pennyweights of raw gold, cash, and other items totalling $3.3 million.
The prosecution’s case is contending that Ammon had purchased raw gold on the day in question and was on her way to a Chinese restaurant located between Hadfield Street and Louisa Row, Georgetown, to purchase a meal when she was attacked by two men on a motorcycle.
The men held the virtual complainant and her friend at gunpoint before relieving them of their valuables before making good their escape. The robbery was reported to the Police and following investigations, Watts was arrested and prosecuted. (G1)