KIERON Pereira, of Lot 28 Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara, was remanded to prison yesterday, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, charged with robbery under arms. He denied the allegation that, on Saturday, December 14, in Kingston, Georgetown, being in company with armed others, he robbed Shazan Mohamed of one Blackberry cellular phone, one shoulder bag and a laptop, all together valued $152,000.
Police Corporal Bharat Mangru, prosecuting, told the court that the virtual complainant had been at the Guyana Society for the Blind and left there around 21:30 hrs when he was confronted by the defendant and other men, one of whom placed a knife to his neck and relieved him of the property mentioned in the charge.
The prosecutor, successfully objected to bail for Pereira, citing the seriousness and prevalence of the offence and the case was put off to January 22, 2014.