The accused in an armed hold-up at a gas station, in which two persons were robbed and over $500,000 in cash and other valuables were stolen, was yesterday remanded to prison.
It is alleged that on May 22, at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, miner Kerwin Haywood, 27, being armed with a gun, robbed Nandram Ramnauth of $500,000 belonging to Razan Hussein and a cell phone valued $4,000 and $16,000 cash. It is further alleged that he also robbed Krishna Persaud of a Nokia cell phone, valued $5,000 and $5,700 cash.
Haywood, of Lot 7 Ogle Street, Beterverwagting, denied both charges when they were read to him by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, before