A SOUTH Ruimveldt man was on Monday, February 11, 2019, arraigned before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on a charge of armed robbery.

Shaquille Duncan, 25, of Festival City, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown, made his appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court with a wounded left arm and pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Particulars of the charge alleged that on February 5, 2019, at Mandela Avenue, Duncan, while being in the company of others and armed with a gun, robbed Steve Monroe, called ‘Pablo’, of a gold chain valued $360,000.

Police Prosecutor, Quinn Harris, opposed to Duncan being granted his pre-trial liberty on the grounds that the defendant was apprehended by public-spirited persons.
According to reports, on the day in question, Munroe was at a Super Bet Outlet on Mandela Avenue when two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, snatched a gold chain from his neck.

Public-spirited persons pursued the perpetrators, and during which, one bandit discharged a round in their direction but the bullet struck Duncan instead.

The accomplice managed to escape on a white XR motorcycle, leaving Duncan behind.
Magistrate Isaacs-Marcus remanded the unrepresented man to prison until March 4, 2019.