Two more men were yesterday charged with seven armed robberies committed on Corentyne residents, making it a total of six persons that have been charged so far.
Joel Fraser, 24, a rice farmer of Lot 22 Liverpool Village, Coren-tyne, and Joshua Smith, 24, a carpenter/mason, of Liverpool Squatting Area, Corentyne, were yesterday charged jointly with seven counts of robbery under arms.
The men are accused of robbing Daniel Sony, also known as ‘Harvey,’ 49, a businessman of Lot 275 Bloomfield Village, Corentyne; Meena Kumarie, 36, a housewife of Lot 713 Street, Whim Village, Corentyne; Samrita Singh, also known as ‘Babo,’ 31, a businesswoman of Lot 329 Bloomfield Village, Corentyne; Soamwattie Rajopaul, also known as ‘Soma,’ 61, a housewife of Lot 56 Alness Village, Corentyne; Mandakie Chandan, 64, a housewife of Lot 7 Public Road, Nurney Village, Corentyne; Patrisha Mohabir, 36, self-employed of Lot 14 Johns, Port Mourant, Corentyne; and Steven Rafiek, 42, a businessman of Lot 329 Bloomfield Village, Corentyne.
The duo appeared at the Whim Magistrate Court before Magistrate Renita Singh, who read the charges via Skype yesterday.
They were not required to enter a plea for the charges. However, Singh placed the duo on $30,000 bail on each count.
They will return to court on June, 22.
On May 11, four persons were charged jointly with the said seven counts of robberies.
John Simon, 34, a labourer of Lancaster Village, Corentyne; Gavin Durant, also known as ‘Son Son’, 33, a labourer of Liverpool Village, Corentyne; Garfield Gray, also known as ‘Town Sheep’, 50, a cattle farmer of Alness Village, Corentyne and Samuel Fraser, also known as ‘Charlie’, 30, a cattle farmer of Alness Village, Corentyne, also appeared at the Whim Magistrate Court.
Simon was asked to post bail of $950,000, while Durant was asked to post $100,000 bail for each count and Gray and Fraser were asked to post $50,000 bail for each count.
