A guilt-stricken Michael White was on Monday arraigned before City Magistrate Judy Latchman on a charge of armed robbery, and departed that magistrate’s court to serve a 56-month jail term after he admitted to committing the offence.
The 39-year-old White admitted that on April 22, 2017, while armed with a knife, he relieved Taylor Lewinski of a grey handbag containing an IPhone among several articles worth a total of 0,000, in an encounter that occurred at Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown.
Michael White
The prosecution’s case was that the VC was walking north along Avenue of the Republic when White rode up on a bicycle and demanded that she hand over her bag. The VC fearlessly held on to her property, but when White whipped out a knife from his pocket, the woman was rendered defenceless and surrendered her belongings.
White reportedly collided with a pedestrian while fleeing the scene, but was apprehended by public-spirited citizens after the VC raised an alarm.
He was taken to the Stabroek Police Outpost, where a search conducted on his person unearthed the VC’s belongings in his possession.
