Woman charged for Rohee robbery

The woman who was arrested in connection with the robbery committed at the home of former Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, was on Thursday arraigned with two counts of armed robbery.
Corlette Parks, 49, of Lot 4692 Postal Housing Scheme, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Lambert at the Providence Magistrate’s Court and pleaded not guilty to both charges.
She was remanded to prison and will return to court on January 11.
On November 9, three gunmen executed a daring robbery on the Eccles, East Bank Demerara, house owned by the former Minister and current General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party.
The robbery reportedly occurred just about 12:00h, after the gunmen gained entry via an open door on the lower flat and tied up the two maids.
The men ransacked the house and carted off an undisclosed sum of cash and a quantity of jewellery in a waiting car.
The maids subsequently managed to untie themselves and raised an alarm.
Speaking with the media following the incident, Rohee explained that he was not at home at the time of the robbery but his two domestic helpers were, and left the backdoor ajar through which the men gained entry. They were carrying guns and a knife.
After confronting the two women, the bandits held them at gunpoint and ordered them into the upper flat of the building, where they were gagged and bound with duct tape.
The men, Rohee had stated, ransacked the home and found a quantity of jewellery belonging to himself and his wife and an undisclosed sum of money, before escaping in a waiting car.
Hours after the robbery, that vehicle was found abandoned. Further investigations by police led to Parks, who is the owner. She reportedly rented the car to the three men who committed the robbery.
Meanwhile, police are still looking for the bandits.