Corentyne man to spend 40 months in jail over armed robberies

Leon Scott

A Rose Hall Town, Corentyne man was yesterday sentenced to 70 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery under arms.

Leon Scott also known as `Sausage’, 28, labourer of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne Berbice and Roopchand Thomas also known as `Lilshawn’, 19, unemployed of Lot 60 Rose Hall Town, Corentyne yesterday appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rabindranuth Singh where they were charged with Robbery Under Arms committed on Ricky Gwendasammy and Sachin Griffith which occurred on July, 8, at Portuguese Quarter, Corentyne.