TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Ivor Billingy and his 16-year-old accomplice were on Monday remanded to prison by City Magistrate Annette Singh on a spate of armed robberies they alleged committed in the North Georgetown area.

Billingy, a father of two of Lot 67 Uitvlugt Pasture, West Coast Demerara, pleaded not guilty to three joint charges of armed robbery.

It is alleged that on January 10 at North Road, while in the company of others and armed with a gun, they robbed Daveeka Seenarine of a cell phone, $240,000 cash and an apron valued $6,000.

It is further alleged that on the same day at North Road, Georgetown, while in the company of another man and armed with a gun, they robbed Pedro Lewis of a gold and diamond ring, $100,000 cash and a Samsung Galaxy S6 among other items, to the value of $520,000.

It is also alleged that on January 10 at North Road, Georgetown they robbed Dalmattie Rajram of $11,000 cash while armed with a gun and in the company of others.

The 26-year-old mason was charged separately for robbing Loris James of an iPhone, MAC make up set, $1,300 cash among other items all totaling $192,000 on September 2, 2016, at Robb and Water Street, Georgetown. Billingy pleaded not guilty.

The duo was represented by attorney Clyde Forde who requested that his clients be released on reasonable bail. Forde explained that Billingy was charge before for simple larceny.

Police prosecutor Gillian Simmons strongly opposed the defendants being released on bail citing the fact that a gun was used during the commissioning of the offences. The prosecutor also pointed out the seriousness and penalty attached to the offences.

Magistrate Singh ruled in the prosecution’s favor and remanded the pair until January 30.
According to reports, on January 10, the duo armed with a toy gun was caught red-handed robbing a fruit vendor at the corner of Cummings Street and North Road.

The two men were nabbed by members of the Presidential Guard Service. One was captured immediately while the other ran away but was subsequently found hiding under some mattresses in a house on Robb Street.