TRAVIS Nicolas of Lot 60 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice has been charged and remanded until September 8 for an alleged armed carjacking of a motor car in Campbellville, here in the city.He is the second person to be charged for this offence, and according to the details, on August 23, at Campbellville, whilst in the company of others, and whilst being armed with a gun, he robbed Mervin Persaud of a Toyota Premio motor car valued $2M, and a Blackberry cellular phone valued $10,000.

The defendant appeared before City Magistrate Ann McLennan on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to the offence.

Also charged with theft of the same vehicle was 43-year-old businessman, Linden Hodge of 63 Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown. He appeared in court on Monday and was remanded to prison.

Attorney-at-law Folio Richards, representing Nicolas, explained that her client was the passenger of a motor car which was pulled over by the police. She said the driver abandoned the vehicle and ran away, leaving Nicolas in the proverbial hot water.

The lawyer said the police had not found any weapon on her client, and that he had been detained by the lawmen beyond the 72-hour limit.

Prosecutor, Corporal Deniro Jones objected to bail on the grounds of the gravity of the offence, and penalty attached thereto. The court was told that the car was recovered on the East Bank of Demerara, and that the police were still conducting investigations into the matter.