Robbery convict gets eight more years after admitting to two other charges

Raphael Hintzen, who is currently serving a five-year-long sentence, was yesterday sentenced to an extra eight years in jail after he pleaded guilty to two additional counts of armed robbery.

Hintzen, 22, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts over a month ago charged with armed robbery.

It was alleged that on January 25, at South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown, being armed with a gun, he robbed Sydel Hector of a quantity of cash and a