Two men from the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) were on Monday arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged for aiding the hijacking of a motor car belonging to Anthony Pickett.
The men – 30-year-old Mahadeo Lall of Airy Hall, Essequibo and 27-year-old Munesh Persaud of Columbia, Essequibo Coast – were both placed on $200,000 bail after they denied committing the offence.
Munesh Persaud (left) and Mahendra Lall
The charge against them states that on April 30, 2018 at Princes Street, Georgetown, they aided 28-year-old Edwin Angus of Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) in stealing an Allion motor car.
The court heard that after the car was stolen, it was taken to Persaud’s workshop to be tinted and have other work done after which it was given to Lall to drive and monies had to be paid to Angus.
According to Police Prosecutor Arvin Moore, after the car was stolen, the Police were informed that it was taken to Persaud’s workshop. As such, a sting operation was planned and cops swooped down on the workshop and found the vehicle.
The case will continue on June 4, 2018.
Angus was charged last week for stealing the car from Pickett, who also lives in Providence.
The charge against him states that on March 14, 2018 at Princes Street, Georgetown, while being in the company of others and armed with a firearm, he robbed Pickett of his silver Toyota Allion motor car, a cellular phone and cash, collectively valued $2.2 million.
Angus was adamant that he did not commit the act, telling the court: “I know this man my whole life. I grow up in front of he, I would never trouble this man thing… I was at home when this thing happened.”
