Duo charged for botched Bourda Market heist on bail

Two of the three alleged bandits who were arrested following a botched robbery committed on a Bourda Market vendor were on Thursday released on bail on an attempted robbery charge.
Kester Auther, 34, of Lot 52 Nelson Street, Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and Rondel Cummings, 23, of Pike Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, denied that on October 25, 2018 they attempted to rob Bourda Market vendor Jullian McCalmont.
The third suspect, Shane Allison, 21, of Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara (WBD), could not make an appearance since he was shot during the course of the robbery and was currently a patient at a city hospital nursing gunshot wounds to his hip and left foot.
On Thursday, the duo stood before Magistrate Dylon Bess and were granted their pre-trial liberty in the sum of $75,000 each. As a condition for bail, the men are required to report to the Alberttown Police Station on a weekly basis until the trial is completed.
The case will continue on December 6, 2018.
Reports surrounding the botched robbery stated that on October 25, 2018 about 02:00h between Bourda and Alexander Streets, Georgetown, the three men disembarked a minibus and pounced on the victim.
According to eyewitnesses, one of the bandits, who was reportedly identified as Allison, brandished a handgun while demanding that the vendor hand over his valuables.
However, McCalmont, an armed security guard who was a short distance away, saw the fracas and confronted the gun-toting bandit. Allison reportedly turned the weapon and pointed it at the guard, who discharged his weapon several times at the gunman. He subsequently collapsed a short distance away. An unlicensed .32 pistol with six live matching rounds was found next to the injured suspect.
Further, a swift response from ranks of the City Constabulary Bourda Outpost assisted in the injured Allison being apprehended and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was admitted under guard.
Meanwhile, the other two suspects were also apprehended a short distance away from the scene and handed over to Police at the Alberttown Police Station.