Kareem Lovell, accused of robbing a fellow minibus passenger of her tablet after reaching his stop, was yesterday remanded to prison after telling a court that he did not use a gun during the attack.
“Meh worship, I did tek way she thing, but she get it back; and I din had no gun,” was what Lovell told Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after asking her permission to speak.
It was at this point that the magistrate cautioned the unrepresented Lovell to exercise his right to remain silent lest he further incriminate himself.
The charge against Lovell, an electrician, is that on October 21, being armed with a gun, he robbed Kira Peters