A YOUNG man, who police suspect to be behind a number of armed robberies committed along the East Coast corridor, was slapped with another indictable charge on Tuesday at the Cove and John Magistrates’ Court.

Satesh Deonarine, 19, who allegedly committed robbery with aggravation, was remanded to prison. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge.

Deonarine appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Alli at the Cove and John Magistrates’ Court where police are alleging that on February 20th at Good Hope, East Coast of Demerara, being armed with an offensive weapon, robbed Anthony Emmanuel of one gold chain, one Motorola cell phone, one black wallet, one wrist watch and one pair of sneakers, all to a total value of $133,000.

Police Inspector John Singh, prosecuting, made an application that the accused be denied bail, citing the prevalence of the offence and the fact that the accused has other matters of a similar nature before other courts. The prosecutor said also that if granted bail, the defendant poses a flight risk as he might want to evade the course of justice.

The application was granted by the presiding magistrate and Deonarine was remanded to prison. He is expected to make his next court appearance on March 20th.

(By Odella Patterson)