Dennis Abrams, the alleged accomplice of the man killed while trying to steal a transformer at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) wharf, in the city, on Sunday, was on Thursday arraigned on a simple larceny charge.
Abrams, 44, who identified himself as a vendor from Mahaicony, was denied bail in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.
It was alleged that on May 27, at the GNIC wharf, at Lombard Street, he stole a transformer valued $350,000. No further details of the case were released in court, however, police had reported that the man who was with Nicholas Da Silva, called ‘Buck man,’ 45, when he was shot and killed by a guard during the robbery, had escaped. The shooting occurred around 10:35pm. “It is alleged that the deceased, before his demise, and an accomplice were seen in the compound stealing a transformer,” police had reported. “Upon being challenged by a guard who was at the time armed with a firearm, Da Silva retaliated and attacked him during which time the guard discharged a round hitting him in his abdomen.”
The charge against Abrams was indictable and as a result he was not required to plead. However, he was allowed to make an application for bail. Police Prosecutor Simone Payne objected to bail, on the grounds that it was the second known offence against Abrams.
