Diamond man to serve 14-year sentence for several robberies

Wayne Anthony Chester, known as ‘Sharkie’, was sentenced to 14 years and six months behind bars after he was found guilty on a series of robbery charges.
The 22-year-old of Lot 236 Section C, Block Y, Diamond Housing Scheme had his cases tried by Georgetown Magistrate Rondel Weever.
The facts of the matter are as follows: on January 6, 2019, at Conciliation Drive, Tucville, Georgetown, while being in the company of another and being armed with an unlicensed gun, Chester robbed Bowen Cromwell of $512,600 in cash and jewellery.
On the same date and place, he damaged two parts of the victim’s car and, without being the holder a firearm licence, discharged a loaded firearm at Cromwell with intent to wound him.
Chester had denied all the charges when he had appeared before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, but his matters were on Thursday tried by Magistrate Weever, who ruled that the prosecutor had presented sufficient evidence to convict him for the offences.
Chester is also before the courts for the 2017 murder of Purcell Moore, committed at Craig Village, East Bank Demerara. The preliminary inquiry (PI) into that murder is ongoing.