A TEEN was on Wednesday released on $100,000 bail after being slapped with two robbery under arms charges.

Tishan Welcom, 18, of Hadfield Street, Wortmanville, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He denied the charges which alleged that on October 17, 2018 at Cornhill Street, Georgetown, while being in the company of others and armed with a knife, he robbed Bisnath Narine of one Samsung cellphone valued $ 90,000 and $20,000 cash.

It was further alleged that on the same day at the same location, while being in the company of others, he robbed Kiren Persaud of one Samsung S8 phone valued at $190,000 and $90,000 in cash. Police Prosecutor Rorrel Thornhill objected to bail due to the seriousness of the offence and the fact that personal violence was used on both victims.

According to police facts, Narine and the accused are known to each other and on the day in question about 18:20hrs, the victim and his cousin, Kiren Persaud, were in the vicinity of Cornhill Street when the accused and his accomplices stuck them up with a knife and relieved them of their cellphones and the cash mentioned in the charge.

As such, a report was made to the Brickdam Police Station and an investigation was carried. The police later caught the accused with the knife in his waist. He was positively identified by the victims. The magistrate granted bail in the sum of $50,000 on each charge. The matter was adjourned to November 28, 2018.