Rayon Speede, a 21-year-old miner of Bartica was yesterday charged with committing a robbery with violence last Friday against Muneshwar Poorandai.
In a statement, the police said that he is accused of choking Poorandai and leaving him unconscious after which he relieved the victim of his gold chains and phones and escaped with his motorcycle.
After he was arrested, he took Police to where he hid the motorcycle and other items that he stole.
The total value of the articles stolen is $1,080,000.
Investigations revealed that the complainant was at Futu’s Sports Bar socialising. As the bar was about to close, Speede approached Poorandai for a drop on his motorcycle to One Mile Bartica, to which he agreed.
In the vicinity of Bartica Secondary School dorms, the suspect placed the victim in a ‘headlock’ and wrestled him to the ground, the statement said. He then dealt the victim several cuffs to the head, which caused him to fall unconscious. The suspect then relieved the victim of the articles and rode away on the victim’s motorcycle.
When Poorandai regained consciousness, he stopped a passing vehicle which took him to the Bartica Police Station.
The matter was reported to the Police, and the victim was escorted to the Bartica Regional Hospital, where he was seen and admitted as a patient where his condition remained stable.
Based on information received at about 10:00hrs, ranks went to the Bartica arcade, where contact was made with a 31-year-old who had in his possession the two stolen phones. The man said that he received the phones from a 21-year-old to ‘unlock’ the phones.
Speede was contacted and later arrested after admitting to robbing the victim.
Speede then led Police to where he hid the stolen motorcycle. Police also recovered the complainant’s ID card and Licence. Meanwhile, Speede appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning before Magistrate Crystal Lambert, where a charge of Robbery with Violence was read to him. He pled not guilty and was placed on $200,000 bail. The matter is slated to be recalled on 2023-02-14.
