Four men who were charged in June with three counts of robbery under arms and one count of possession of ammunition were on Wednesday released on $2M bail each when they made an appearance at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court, Canje, Berbice.
Raymond Fraser, 19, of Reliance; Zakeer Mohamed, 19; Deon Fraser, 22, and Michael Fraser, 25, of Adelphi, Canje first appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court but were remanded. They were further remanded on subsequent court appearances.
The men were granted their pre-trial liberty by Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop and will return to court on October 8.
It is alleged that on June 8, the quartet robbed Paul Budhu, an overseas-based resident of US$810 (equivalent of $162,000) and a wedding band worth $40,000.
They also reportedly robbed Anawattie Devi Singh of jewellery valued $112,000 and her husband, Ganesh Premchand of a chain worth $20,000 and $40,000 cash.
Reports are that Premchand and Singh had held a get-together in honour of Budhu and that the incident occurred at around 12:45 am just after the guests had left.
Sources said that Budhu was going through a door and was about to close up when he felt a “lash behind his head.” He fell in the house and the men followed him and demanded the articles.
