Youth accused of cellphone robbery granted bail

A 19-year-old vendor was on Tuesday granted bail, after pleading not guilty to a robbery charge.

It is alleged that on March 9, 2019, at the 32 minibus park, Leon Maloney robbed Akash Manroop of a cellphone valued $22,000.

Maloney pleaded not guilty to the charge, which was read to him by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, of the city’s magistrates’ court.