Magistrate Judy Latchman on Monday warned the prosecution that if by July 10, 2017, it was not in possession of the relevant statements, the court would consider armed robbery charges against Negus Lamaizon and Kurt Taylor dismissed.
This declaration came in response to Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves’ submission that the prosecution was not in possession of the file or statements in the matter, causing further delay.
Kurt Taylor
On April 18, 2017, just a fortnight after he was freed of the Laing Avenue murder of Orin David, Lamaizon had once again found himself before the courts and was remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for four counts of armed robbery.
Negus Lamaizon
Guyana Times previously reported that Lamaizon and Taylor were jointly charged with robbing four persons at gunpoint when they allegedly crashed a farewell party on Regent Road, Georgetown, on April 10, 2017.
The particulars of the charge indicated that the two men, in the company of others and armed with a gun, robbed Adidre Liverpool of gold jewellery valued $220,000 and Robin Tibruce of a cellular phone and jewellery, valued a total of $349,000.
Two other Virtual Complainants (VCs), Lester Andrews and Quacy Waldron, were robbed respectively of one Samsung smartphone valued $160,000 and one Blu cellphone valued $30,000, on the same day at the said location.
The bail application made by defence counsel Adrian Thompson was rejected by the Chief Magistrate.
Murder charges against Lamaizon and his alleged accomplice, Samuel McIntyre, were dismissed by city Magistrate Dylan Bess on March 30, after the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against the two in order that they may stand trial at the High Court. This was largely owing to insufficient evidence and the failure of the 13 witnesses to identify the accused men as the persons who shot Orin David.
