Duo remanded on break and enter charge

Twenty-seven-year-old Joel Johnson, a miner of Old Road Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD), and his accomplice, 22-year-old Quincy Wilson, were on Friday slapped with a joint burglary charge when they appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The unrepresented men denied the allegation which stated that between March 23 and 24, 2020, at First Street McDoom, EBD, they broke into the dwelling house of Lisa Ahmad and stole a quantity of articles including gold jewellery amounting to $155,000.
Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh told the court that Johnson was previously charged with attempted murder and has failed to attend court on numerous occasions for the matter’s Preliminary Inquiry (PI).
The prosecutor further objected to bail being granted, pointing that two defendants are involved in the matter.
With regards to the present charge, the court heard that following a police investigation, the stolen articles were recovered in the possession of the two defendants.
Magistrate Bess upheld the prosecution’s submission and remanded both men to prison until May 29, 2020.