TAXI drivers Rolex Johnson, 37, of Lot 11 Grove, East Bank Demerara; Leroy Lloyd, 35, of Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara; Kurt Kendall, 27, of Lot 474 Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara; Collin Goodrich, 47, of Lot 6 Mahaicony, ECD; and Chetram Suknandan, 35, of Lot 135 Grove Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara all appeared in Georgetown Magistrate Ann McLennan’s Court to answer a charge of attempting to break and enter vehicle # GMM 575, owned by Navindra Latchman, to steal its contents.

Their charge detailed that on Monday, September 22, at Church Street, Georgetown, Latchman, having withdrawn money from a bank, subsequently parked his vehicle on Church Street with the money in the vehicle.

He was inside an insurance agency when the number one defendant, Johnson, was seen attempting to enter Latchman’s vehicle whilst Lloyd, Kendall Goodrich and Suknandan were found sitting in a waiting car. An alarm was raised and they were all arrested and taken to the station.

Represented by attorneys-at-law Messrs. Mark Conway and Patrice Henry, the men pleaded not guilty to the offence; and Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield did not object to bail, but asked that surety should be in a substantial amount, and that the quintet be made to report to the Brickdam Police Station every Friday at 16:00 hrs.

Defence counsels opposed the prosecutor’s stipulations, stating that it was not safe for their clients to so report when they are all working.

Each member of the quintet was granted bail in the sum of $160,000, and the case was put down to October 28 for recall.