A man who has multiple pending matters before a City Court was on June 3rd charged with stealing a cellphone and cash from a woman and granted bail.
Desmond McPherson called ‘Baby Boy’, of Lot 1 Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown, was taken before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he denied the charge against him.
It is alleged that on June 2, at Dowding Street, Kitty, while in the company of another, he robbed Julian Dow of a Samsung cell phone, valued $160,000 and $153,500 in cash for a total value of $313,500. He was placed on $100,000 bail and the matter was adjourned until July 9.
The police prosecutor told the court that McPherson currently has other pending matters in Court Six. The man was reported to have appeared in the courtroom of Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in 2020.
It is alleged that on October 5, 2020 at Arapaima Street, Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, McPherson, with intent to resist lawful apprehension, assaulted Constable 24016 Ramsingh, a Peace Officer acting in the execution of his duties. It is also alleged that on the same date and place, he had in his possession a .32 Taurus pistol without being a holder of a firearm licence and four matching rounds of ammunition without being licensed. He was charged with discharging a loaded firearm at Constable Ramsingh with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or to cause him grievous bodily harm. The man had been released on $70,000 bail for each charge.
