An inmate of the Georgetown prison yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for allegedly using an ice-pick to rob the would-be army officer, accused of forging a CXC certificate, of a cell phone while they were at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court lock-ups.
Odingo Ross, 26, pleaded not guilty to a robbery under arms charge which stated that he used an ice-pick to rob Danaesh Singh of a Nokia cell phone valued $39,000 on Wednesday.
Ross stated that “this is a false allegation against me.” He said that he had did not know about any ice-pick and he did not rob Singh of a cell phone.
He said that Singh, who was granted bail at the court for the forgery matter, had only made the allegations against him because he was being released. He said that while at the court Singh never mentioned anything about the ice-pick but it was only when he was taken to the police station that he brought the allegation against him.
He said that Singh may have gotten the idea to tell the police that he had robbed him of the cell phone using the ice-pick because when the police launched a search of the court lock-ups for the cell phone they found the ice-pick.
A policeman who was present in court stated that “what the defendant is saying is partially true.” He explained that no cell phone was found on Ross but an ice-pick was indeed found in the lock-ups. He also noted that Singh never told the police about Ross robbing him with the ice-pick until it appeared after the search and he even waited until they were taken to the police station to bring it up.
Prosecutor Munilall Seetaram stated that Singh had told the police that Ross had placed the ice-pick to his throat and robbed him of his cell phone while they were in the court lock-ups.
“I already spend three years for one charge and I gat several others against me, I don’t know when I coming outta prison and like they (the police) ain’t want me come out at all,” stated Ross.
The magistrate then ordered that he remain in prison and transferred the case to Court Six for September 1. She ordered that the police clarify what charge Ross was currently serving time for in prison since they were not able to say what exactly he had done.
