Teen gunmen to know fate next week

TWO Charlestown teens who were found guilty of two counts of robbery, will next week know their fate pending a probation report ordered by the presiding City Magistrate Dylon Bess.Leroy Forde (18) and a teen (17) were jointly charged with two counts of robbery under arms and found guilty at the conclusion of their trial.

The duo was also found guilty of being armed with a gun on September 26 at Bishop Street, Werk-en-Rust and robbing Kendal Short of his $19,000 Blu cellphone.

The teens were also found guilty of robbing Andrew Nurse of his Toyota Premio motor car valued $2.5M, on the same day and at the same location.

The magistrate based his ruling on the testimonies given by the two accused and two witnesses who said they saw the teens with guns during the robbery.

He also placed weight on the testimonies of two police witnesses, who tracked drown Nurse’s hijacked car with the two teens inside and who they later arrested after a high speed chase.

The younger of the two had called his mother on his behalf as a witness. However the woman could not provide the court with key evidence about her son’s whereabouts on the day in question.

Meanwhile Forde had called a friend to provide an alibi that he was with her on the day in question. However the witness’ testimony was deemed “inconsistent and incredible” by the magistrate.

Magistrate Bess ordered a probation report to be done on both teens before he sentenced them on December 13.

According to reports, on September 26, Nurse had just stepped out of his vehicle to visit his mechanic in Bishop Street and as he returned to his car, he felt a gun pressed to his head and he was shoved aside as the two men grabbed his keys and made off with the vehicle.

The next day the police acting on information arrested the two bandits in the East La Penitence area with the stolen car.

The bandits however had changed the number plates of the car but the owner identified his vehicle by the engine and chassis numbers. The men were also pointed out during an identification parade.

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