AFTER two weeks of intensive investigation and the detaining and questioning of several persons, the police were on Monday able to place a 24-year-old before the courts for the multimillion dollar robbery at the First Street, Alexander Village robbery two Thursdays ago.

Yesterday, Oneil Calendar of Garnett Street, Albouystown appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Beharry-Sewnarine to answer the charges which were levelled against him.

The 24-year-old was denied bail by the magistrate despite an application by his lawyer, Paul Fung A Fat, whose request was rebutted by the prosecution.

The prosecution’s argument was that bail should be denied because of the nature and gravity of the offence, the quantum involved, the fact that a firearm was stolen and another one reportedly used in committing the crime. The notion that the young man may not return to court for his trial was also put forward by the prosecution in the application for the denial of bail to the accused.

Fung-A-Fat told the court that his client lives in Georgetown and works with his father at a fish shop in another part of city. Bail was denied and the man will return to court on November 03, 2014.

This newspaper first reported that a gold establishment in First Street, Alexander Village was robbed by four persons, one of whom acted as the driver for the getaway car and three including a woman, who entered the establishment and robbed the operators and other persons who were present in the shop at the time.

They relieved persons of gold, diamond, firearm, mobile devices and other items including cash. The police following the robbery questioned several persons including known suspects, but none of the known suspects were identified by the victims of the crime as the persons who were responsible for robbing them.

(By Leroy Smith)