A youth was yesterday sentenced to four years behind bars after admitting to robbing two persons of gold jewellery and other items during two separate robberies in Albouystown, Georgetown.
Joshua Browne, 21, was sentenced to four years behind bars when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. He admitted to being in the company of others and armed with a gun, on June 11, when he robbed a man of four gold chains, a gold ring and a gold band. He also confessed that on August 13, at King Edward Street, Albouys-town, while being armed with a knife, he robbed Amira Ali of a shoulder bag valued $30,000, containing a cellphone valued $60,000 and $3,000 cash.
The police prosecutor told the court that Browne ap-proached the man and tried to snatch the gold chains but the man fought him off. The two men engaged in a scuffle but Browne was able to snatch the gold jewellery of an undisclosed value and escape. The man who knew Browne from seeing him around the village then went to the Ruimveldt Police Station and reported the matter.
The prosecutor also informed the court that on August 13, Ali was on her way to work when Browne approached her and held the knife to her neck before robbing her of the items mentioned in the charge. The court heard that he demanded that she hand over the items and after becoming scared, she obliged. He then escaped on a bicycle. Browne was later arrested on September 20.
Both allegations were presented to him and he confessed to the robberies.
However, Browne told the court that he did not use a knife to rob Ali. He was then sentenced to two years behind bars for each charge. The two sentences will run concurrently and therefore he will only serve a two-year sentence.
