A father of two was yesterday granted $250,000 bail by Magistrate Marissa Mittelholzer at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after he pleaded not guilty to armed robbery.
Shaheed Mohamed, 23, of Lot 1 East Ruimveldt, on March 25 2024 at Lot 25 Block 4 Lamaha Spring while armed with a hand gun allegedly robbed Alison Shelock of US$400 equivalent of GUY$80,000 and a bag valued $10,000.
In objecting to the man being granted bail the prosecution pointed out the seriousness and prevalence of the offence while informing that that the accused was likely to face a murder charge shortly.
Mohamed’s legal representative told the court that his client has no antecedents, and that his client was initially charged with the offence of murder so it came as surprise to the defence when they were told about the robbery charge being brought instead.
They then asked for bail, stating that their client was assaulted while in custody while emphasizing on the manner in which the arrest was done. They alleged that the accused was trailed by police and had his vehicle shot at with a spent shell hitting him.
When asked by the Magistrate if what the defence was saying was true the prosecution responded that they were not aware of any shooting.
The reporting officer was then asked the same and he responded that he also was unaware of any shooting.
The Magistrate then asked the accused if any robbery under arms allegation was put to him to which he responded “no”.
Visibly annoyed she asked the detectives and the prosecution to explain themselves since they wanted to hold him for a murder charge and the prosecution was making their objections solely on this factor.
Considering these factors the Magistrate granted Mohamed bail in the sum of $250,000 with conditions such as, lodging his passport with the court, and reporting to the East La Penitence police station daily. He was also placed on a bond to keep the peace with a curfew from 6am to 6pm.
The matter was then adjourned to August 14 2024.
