JOHN BROOMES of 130 Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden, was on Tuesday placed on $75, 000 bail for charges of robbery under arms and break and entering respectively.He appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Linden Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded not guilty to both charges.

It is alleged that on October 1, 2015, at Plantation Fairsrust, armed with a gun, he robbed Nevlyn Benjamin of one Sumsung Galaxy Smartphone worth $40, 000 and one gold ring worth $70, 000.

Between October 1 and 2, 2016, he allegedly broke and enter the home of Devon Green at Phase 1B Wisroc Housing Scheme and stole one gas bottle worth $10, 000.

The prosecutor objected to bail on the grounds that the defendant is a repeated offender and is currently before the courts for several matters of similar nature.

The defendant when given a chance to speak, told the magistrate that he no longer gets involved in illegal activities as he was given a strict warning by him in 2014.

“Your worship the last time I went before you was in 2014 and you place me on one year bond and since then I deh home planting my lil bora and pakchoi. I don’t get in no trouble, I don’t trouble no body thing, I don’t even deh round people you’re your Worship,” exclaimed the defendant.