MAGISTRATE McGusty, on Wednesday October 2, 2019, remanded a 30-year-old labourer to prison on two counts of armed robbery.

Vishal Ramlall of East La Penitence appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court and pleaded not guilty to the two charges.

Particulars of the first charge stated that Ramlall, on August 16, 2019, at the Promenade Gardens, armed with a knife, robbed Yolanda Hector of one purse valued $1000, one Samsung cellular phone valued $50,000 and $5000 in cash.
Particulars of the second charge stated that, Ramlall, on the same day, and at the same location, armed with a knife, robbed Troy Sullivan of $7,500 cash and a Samsung cellular phone valued $90,000.

Police Prosecutor Brummell noted that, on the day in question, the virtual complainants were exiting the Promenade Gardens, when the defendant approached them and asked if they had any money. The virtual complainants then told the defendant that they didn’t have any change.

It was then the defendant reached into a bag he had at his side and took out a long knife and instructed the virtual complainants to lay on the ground. He then relieved them of their cellphones and cash.

Sullivan, the second virtual complainant, was able to contact a police patrol and Ramlall was found in the gardens under a tree and was positively identified by the virtual complainants. He was arrested and taken to the Brickdam Police Station where he was charged.

Ramlall pleaded with the court to be lenient with him. He added that, since he was arrested, his girlfriend left him and he had no relatives to turn to for help.
However Magistrate McGusty refused bail and remanded Ramlall to prison until October 23, 2019.