Two men facing separate multiple armed robbery charges were yesterday remanded by a City Magistrate.
Selwyn Haynes, 21, of Lot 173 Pineapple Street, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, and 26-year-old Godfrey Lynch of Agricola, East Bank Demerara, were brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where they were remanded over armed robbery charges.
Haynes was not required to plead to the charge which states that on June 27, at Louisa Row, Georgetown, while being in the company of another and while armed with a gun, he robbed a man of a cellphone, a handbag and documents, and cash, amounting to $88,500. It is also alleged that on the same day he robbed another man of a bicycle, a cellphone and cash, amounting to $69,000.