A push cart operator was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with robbing a man who refused his request for a cigarette.
Michael White, 48, of 177 Triumph Village, East Coast Demerara, stood in the courtroom of Georgetown Magistrate Faith McGusty, who read the charge to him.
It is alleged that the accused on April 22nd, at Commerce Street, while armed with a knife, robbed Jiram Seetram of an $8,000 BLU phone and $3,000.