Twenty-seven-year-old Dequan King who admitted in court to being a part of the 2021 Kitty gold heist and receiving $3 million from the proceeds was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment.
King of Lot 23 Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD), made his second appearance in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon before Principal Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, where King’s probation report was read by a Probation Officer. After evaluating the report, the magistrate sentenced King to 30 months each on four counts of robbery under arms. The sentences will run concurrently.