By Clestine Juan

JERMAINE Bailey and Adam McDonald were yesterday discharged from several counts of robbery under arms by City Magistrate Fabayo Azore.Bailey, 21, of Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, and McDonald, 26, of Linden had spent the last nine months on remand for the offences.

The police had charged the men for allegedly carrying out a brazen robbery at the Elite Mobile Cell Phone Store on Parade Street, Kingston, Georgetown on October 2, 2015.

After the robbery they allegedly crashed their getaway car bearing fake number plates outside the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Eve Leary.

The charge had detailed that the duo, while in the company of others and armed with a gun, robbed Derrick Quaicoe of an Iphone 5S, an Iphone 4S and an Alcatel One Touch phone.

It was also alleged that on the same day at the Kingston Seawall, the men while in the company of others and armed with a gun, robbed John Campayne of $60,000.

It was further alleged that on the same day, the duo robbed Campayne of five Samsung Galaxy S5 phones, two Black Berry 8520s, and a BlackBerry 9370 among other phones.

According to reports the men entered the store around 14:00hrs. One of them reportedly inquired about purchasing credit, while another whipped out a handgun shortly after.

The bandits allegedly locked the doors to the premises, while the gunman demanded that persons hand over valuables. It was reported that the bandits carted off a quantity of high end cell phones.

Their getaway was botched after they crashed the car into a canal just outside CID headquarters, Kingston.

Police ranks pursued the thieves after noticing them acting suspiciously.

A 9mm pistol along with two rounds and a cell phone belonging to a customer of the store were recovered by police.

Bailey was charged for fraudulently imitating a vehicle number plate on the day in question at Seawall Road, Kingston. This charge was also dismissed.

He was also slapped with two counts of robbery under-arms, which were also dismissed.

The first charge stated that on September 13, at Kitty, Georgetown, he robbed Amena Abdulla of $150,000 and US$3000. It was alleged that at the time of the robbery Bailey was armed with a gun.

Further, Bailey was accused of robbing Anand Persaud of $2,300. The court heard that the defendant used a gun to commit this robbery and had others in his company.

In addition, Bailey’s co-accused, McDonald was accused of having one 9mm semi-automatic pistol, along with nine matching rounds.

Magistrate Azore, in her ruling pointed out that the prosecution failed to prove its case since none of the witnesses had come to the court and testified.