Injured accomplice of killed bandit wanted by Police in Berbice

Botched Liliendaal robbery

By Andrew Carmichael

The man who showed up at the Georgetown Public Hospital with a suspected gunshot wound and who is believed to be the accomplice of slain bandit, Trydon Munroe, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, is wanted by Police in Berbice.
The 24-year-old Munroe was shot and killed during a botched daylight robbery on Tuesday, while his accomplice Mark Griffith, 22, fled the deadly robbery scene at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, on foot and was believed injured. Later that morning he turned up at the Georgetown Public Hospital seeking medical attention for a suspected gunshot wound.

Both men were shot at by a private bodyguard who was accompanying a businesswoman from the Eugene F Correia International Airport with a parcel believed to have contained a substantial amount of cash and gold.
Reports indicate that the businesswoman was cornered along the Liliendaal Railway Embankment Road in the vicinity of the Giftland Mall junction, when a dark coloured vehicle drove into her path, blocking her. Two men then exited that vehicle bearing weapons, and pounced on the businesswoman, being unaware that her armed escort was seated in the vehicle.

Dismissed Prison Officer, Trydon Munroe of Levi Dam, Angoys Avenue, New Amsterdam was shot and killed by the businesswoman’s bodyguard during the robbery attack, while his accomplice escaped with gunshot wounds, but later surfaced at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Griffith on May 29, 2017, was sentenced to two years in his absence by Magistrate Alex Moore at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court after the former Prisoner Officer was found guilty of armed robbery. A committal warrant was issued and Griffith was not seen.
Griffith on September 21, at Number 2 Village Corentyne, while being in the company of others and armed with a gun, broke into the dwelling house of Navindra Singh also called “Surish” and stole two cellular phones, an electronic tablet and a laptop computer along with $270,000 worth of jewellery and $40,000 in cash.
Griffith was arrested a few days later when Police intercepted a car he was driving along the East Canje Main Access Road at Cumberland and discovered one of the missing cellphones.
Earlier, investigators were led to a house where a relative of Griffith lived as they tracked one of the phones. The relative is reportedly a member of the Guyana Police Force.
Griffith had been able to post bail which was reduced to $30,000 and stopped attending court; hence he was found guilty and sentenced in his absence.
Meanwhile, Munroe who was also shot on Tuesday and pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital is the third member of his family to have been killed during an alleged robbery.
His father was killed in a similar fashion on the Corentyne under similar circumstances while another brother was killed after being shot by the Police moments after allegedly committing a robbery in Berbice.