Bus conductor remanded on robbery charge

A Route 47 minibus conductor was on Monday hauled before Magistrate Judy Latchman for an alleged robbery executed on November 2 last year.
It is alleged that Sherwin Cansanally while being armed with a knife at Cummings Street, Georgetown, robbed Delicia Barnes Dickson of two golden chains valued 0,000.
Cansanally, who was represented by Attorney Jed Vasconcellos, resides in South Ruimveldt, Greater Georgetown with his two children, along with his nephew and mother.
In a bail application, the Attorney told the court that his client was a bus conductor of eight years and was well known around the bus parks. He added that his client was the sole breadwinner of the family.
Vasconcellos bashed the grounds of the charge, relating that his client was only picked up last Thursday at the bus park and taken to a Police Station where no ID parade was conducted prior to charging him.
He requested reasonable bail for the defendant in light of the lengthy time lapse between the alleged commission of the crime and the actual arrest.
Bail was objected to by the prosecution, given the seriousness and gravity of the charge, the penalty attached and the fact that a weapon was used to execute the felony.
The presiding Magistrate refused bail on this note and the man was remanded to prison to the dismay of his family.
The bus conductor is expected to make his next appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on April 10.