No bail for accused in robbery of Buxtonians, taxi driver

Calvin Cumberbatch

A man was yesterday charged with six counts of armed robbery committed on six persons.

Twenty-three-year-old Calvin Cumberbatch, a labourer of Lot 63 Cow Dam, New Amsterdam, Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded to prison until October 27, 2021 for report at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court.

Cumberbatch is accused of robbing five Buxtonians and a taxi driver.