Vendor charged for $1.4M gold heist granted bail

Leonard Farley, a 31-year-old vendor who had been on remand for a $1 million gold heist, was on Friday placed on $150,000 bail by Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore.
Farley, of Lot 3 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), had denied the charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Judy Latchman on his first appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Farley has been accused of robbing Wayne Buckles of $1,469,000 worth of gold jewellery while being armed with a knife at Black and White Bridge, Tucville, East La Penitence on September 29 last.
However, his defense attorney, George Thomas, had informed the court that his client was nowhere near the area when the incident occurred; and as such, Thomas had made an application for bail to be granted Farley in a reasonable sum.