AKEEM Nickle alias ‘Sexy Angel’ who allegedly robbed a policeman of $2,500 after threatening him with an ice-pick, was granted $100,000 bail yesterday.

The 19-year-old (no address stated) pleaded not guilty to the allegation, that he committed a robbery on Police Constable Naresh Changa on November 23 in Carmichael Street, Georgetown, when it was read to him by Magistrate Judy Latchman.
Making an appearance for Nickle, attorney-at-law Mr. Paul Fung-a-Fat said his client is a sex worker and, at the time of the alleged incident, the policeman was drunk and had arranged to pay Nickle $2,500 in exchange for sex.
Afterwards, counsel said the policeman complained that he was dissatisfied and, later, told Nickle that he was going to charge him for robbery.
The lawyer then made an application for his client to get bail.
However, Corporal Renetta Bentham, prosecuting, countered that the lawyer’s narrative is far from the prosecution’s facts.
She said, around 11:20hrs in the night, the sergeant was strolling along Quamina Street where he was, suddenly, confronted by the defendant and two other males with ice-picks.

He threatened
The prosecutor told the Court that, in addition to the defendant stealing the money, he threatened to bore up the virtual complainant.
After the incident, the policeman made a report at Brickdam Police Station and, subsequently, after a mobile patrol was sent out, the virtual complainant spotted the robber and identified him as his assailant.
Further investigations led to the defendant’s arrest and him being charged with the robbery under arms.
The Prosecutor objected to bail on the basis of the seriousness of the offence and the penalty it attracts but the magistrate overruled the objection and set the surety until December 5.