NINETEEN-year-old Leon Charles on Friday appeared before Magistrate Leron Daley at the Providence Magistrates Court and was remanded to prison on a charge of robbery with violence . Charles was not required to plead to the charge which alleged that on Tuesday, July 7,2015 he, while being in the company of another, robbed Anessa Hodge of her handbag, cellphone and cash, totalling $27,500;he also used personal violence on her.
Police Prosecutor Inspector Michael Grant did not object to bail, neither did he relate the facts to the court. Charles was remanded to prison until Thursday,July 30,2015.