Two refused bail on break-and-enter and larceny charges

DEVON Brown of North Sophia, Greater Georgetown and Simon Primo, 19, of Lot 27 Alliance Road, Timehri, EBD appeared Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, both pleading not guilty to break-and-enter and larceny charges filed against them.

Defendant Simon Primo
Defendant Simon Primocourt

It is alleged that on December 29 at Georgetown, the men broke and entered the Supervisory Room at Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL), and stole two desktop computers and one printer, together valued at $1M.

Brown was represented by attorney-at-law, Mr. Mohamed Ali, while Primo was unrepresented.

Bail was applied for, but Police Prosecutor, Michael Grant opposed bail on the grounds that the items had been recovered, and that the men had led the police on a high-speed chase.

Grant also informed the court that both men are wanted for robbery-under-arms offences.

Brown’s Defence counsel, Mohamed Ali said Brown was arrested on December 29 last and was never in any high speed chase.

The prosecution’s objection was, however, upheld, and the matter was transferred before Magistrate Ann McLennan for January 13, 2015.

Just before 11:00hrs on December 29, police who were on patrol along Sheriff Street responded to a report of robbery, and the description of the alleged robbers and the car they were travelling in was given to the police.

The police then began searching for the men, going in the direction they were told the men had gone; and they caught up with the men, who began speeding away from the cops, but the cops kept up the pace and called for back-up during the chase, as is consistent with standard operating procedures when engaged in such operations.

The three men, with Brown as the driver of the getaway car, made their way through several communities and attempted to enter ‘C’ Field, Sophia when the car slipped into a trench, forcing the trio to abandon it and flee on foot.

The men did not fire on the police, and it was not clear if the men had any weapon; but the police, again confirming to the SOPs’ fired shots in the air as they chased the supposedly unarmed men, forcing two of them to seek cover in residents’ yards while Simon continued his escape run from the lawmen.

The police were able to apprehend and search the men in full view of many spectators, before they were placed in a vehicle and escorted to the Brickdam Police Station under heavy police guard.

The police carried out the high speed chase behind the men with the use of motorcycles, vans and cars, all of which responded to the call for backup by the party of police who initially began trailing the men.

The police also responded with their crash truck, which was used to pull the car out of the trench after it ended up there.
(Geeta Rampersaud)

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