A 23-year-old man will spend the next six years and nine months in jail after he admitted yesterday invading the home of Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase–Green last Saturday morning.
Shem Tyndall, aka Lovell, of Tucville and Berbice who appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court took some time before he decided to plead guilty to two counts of robbery under arms and one count of malicious wounding.
Initially he had appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry who later transferred the matter to Magistrate Lovell’s court.
Several hours later, he appeared before Magistrate Lovell who after listening to him sentenced him to three years each for the two counts of armed robbery and an additional nine months for the wounding charge. The sentences will run consecutively.
The police case was that Tyndall unlawfully and maliciously wounded Terrence Green on March 10. On the same day while being armed with a gun he robbed Abiola Waterman of jewellery, electronics and cell phones, totaling over $200,000.
Additionally on the same day being armed with a gun he robbed Chase-Green also of jewellery, a cell phone and electronics, totaling more than $700,000 in value.
As the accused was being moved out of the courtroom one of the complainants, Abiola, identified the slipper that he was wearing as hers, stating that she had bought it for her husband. The accused kicked it off and said that he had gotten it in the prison and that he could get more.
When the case was called it was evident that the complainants were still traumatized over the robbery committed at their home. During the proceedings all three of the virtual complainants were in tears.
The magistrate allowed the accused to make a case for himself but he struggled to do so, saying that it wasn’t him and that he was in Georgetown on holiday and he was really from Berbice.
He said also that he was just here for six months. He also tried to establish that he did not know the area but his attempts were futile since the complainants supported the statement by the prosecution that their articles were recovered on the person of the accused.
The magistrate said that saying that the accused had no right to do what he did was an understatement and the trauma the family was facing was evident. After the accused was sentenced he left the courtroom saying ‘thank you’ to the magistrate and laughing at the complainants.
