A 20-year-old carpenter who said he robbed a woman of her phone and other articles so that he could buy milk and pampers for his child was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison for the crime.
Julian Cornette pleaded guilty with explanation to a robbery with violence charge, which was read by Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court Five.
The charge stated that on September 9th, at Light Street, Georgetown, Cornette robbed Jelena Vorel of a phone valued $50,000, a bag valued $6,000 along with $6,000 cash and during or after the robbery, he used personal violence on her.