A water vendor accused of two armed robberies was yesterday granted bail after telling a city magistrate that he was brutalised by the police.
Shamar Davis, 21, of Guyhoc Squatting Area, was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where Magistrate Dylon Bess read the charges to him.
It is alleged that on May 10, at Croal Street, Georgetown, while being armed with a knife, he robbed Stephan Muniram of a cell phone valued at $125,000. It was also alleged that on September 24, at Water Street, Georgetown, while in the company of others and being armed with a knife, he robbed Rohan Persaud of a cellphone valued at $50,000, and another cell phone valued at $12,000.