A MAN, who was recently nabbed by police moments after robbing three vendors outside of the Stabroek Market and was busted with an illegal firearm, was on Friday, May 31, 2019, sentenced to total of 13 years imprisonment for the relative offences.

Joshua Joseph appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and confessed to three counts of robbery under arms and two firearm related charges.

Particulars of the first three charges alleged that on May 29, 2019, at Stabroek Market, Joseph, while being in the company of another and armed with a gun, robbed Satyanand Deosarran, Zabid Amin Baksh and Parsaram Persaud of a quantity of cash and cellphones – totalling $115,000.

The latter two charges alleged that on the same day at Hadfield Street, Georgetown, Joseph had a .38 revolver along with four matching rounds in his possession, when he was not a licensed firearm holder.

The magistrate sentenced Joseph to three years imprisonment for each of the armed robbery charges and two years jail each of the firearm related charges. The sentencing will run concurrently and Joseph is expected to spend three years behind bars.
According to reports, on May 29, 2019, Joseph, while in company of another man called ‘Awara’, robbed three vendors at gun point outside of the Stabroek Market.

The men made good their escape and an alarm was raised. Joseph escaped by jumping over the fence of a building on Hadfield Street and was attacked by dogs. The police arrested Joseph with the gun in his possession. The police are still on the hunt for Joseph’s accomplice.