Duo remanded for multiple armed robbery charges

A thirty-five-year-old taxi driver, Rex Blanche, and his alleged accomplice, 19-year-old Michael York, were last week remanded to prison after they were taken before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to face several charges of armed robbery.
Magistrate Leron Daly read the first seven charges to the duo, which alleged that the two, on April 26, 2019, at Promenade Gardens, Middle Street, Georgetown, while being in the company of others and armed with a gun, robbed Simone Wickham, Marcel Wickham, Amanda Ramcharran, Shawn Ramdial, and Tashana Sanchar of a quantity of items at a total cost of $606,000.
It was also alleged that the duo, on April 29, 2019, at Garnett Street, Kitty, Georgetown, while being armed with a gun, robbed Orin Hamilton of $5000 and a cellular phone valued $70,000.
Meanwhile, it was further detailed that the duo, while being armed with guns on the same day at Light Street and North Road, Georgetown, robbed Akemo Dasilva of a cell phone worth $113,000.
Attorney-at-Law George Thomas, in a bail application for Blanche, informed the court that his client suffers from hypertension and diabetes. York was unrepresented.
Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh objected for the defendants, noting the serious nature of the offence and the penalty it attracts. Magistrate Daly upheld the prosecution’s submission and remanded the duo to prison.
The cases will continue on May 31, 2019.