RICHARD Barrow, who was shot by police after he had escaped from custody, was slapped a total of 22 years imprisonment after he confessed to four counts of robbery under arms.

Additionally, he pleaded guilty to a charge of escape form lawful custody when he appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo in the New Amsterdam Court on Friday.
However, he will serve only ten years behind bars.
Barrow, who was sent to the New Opportunity Corp as a juvenile, went on a robbery spree during 2012 on January 27 in company with others.  Armed with a gun, he entered the business premises of  Indranee Ramnarine  of Number 7 Village, East Coast  Berbice, robbed her of a quantity of artificial jewellery valued at $6,000, gold finger rings, ear rings and chains valued at $86,000 along with four wrist watches and a cellular phone valued at $17,000. Barrow also took away Digicel and GT&T phone cards.valued $226,600. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment.
Less than a month after the convict was  apprehended, but managed to  escape   from the custody of Constable Webster, who had detained him on a robbery under arms charge  at Central Police Station ,  from where the charge of escaping from lawful custody was instituted, to which he pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to two-year imprisonment for the offence.
On February 3, the repeated offender, pretending to be a passenger en route  from New Amsterdam to Corriverton, while in the vicinity of the Number 19 roadway,  robbed the driver Chetram Shrikissoon of $200,000 which was the property of James Ross. Another five-year jail term h will run currently with the prison terms for previous convictions.
Barrow also robbed Demerara Distilleries Ltd (DDL). employee and passenger Thekoordial Koshdhal the sum of $14,000.An additional five year custodial sentenced was imposed for this conviction.
Barrow, further had an additional five-year sentence for stealing a mini bus valued $2M.  However, the two latter sentences will run concurrently, totalling ten years of imprisonment.