Two in court for robbing Chinese

Junior Brown and Reagan Prince, of Macaulay Road, Claxton Bay and Mora Village, Point Fortin, respectively, are expected to re-appear in court next Wednesday when their criminal record tracing will be produced.

It is alleged that two gunmen stormed Sammy’s Bar located at Mt Pleasant Road, Springvale at Claxton Bay, on Friday and announced a robbery.

They gunmen robbed the Chinese national, who at the time was operating a roulette machine, of a quantity of cash before escaping in a car.

Sgt Ali together with other officers of the Couva CID went to a house at Soledad Road West in Claxton Bay, where they arrested the Brown and Prince, also called Reagan Deen, the same day.

PC Mitchell charged them with robbery with violence, shooting with intent, possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger lives.

All charges were laid indictably and so the accused men were not called upon to plead before Magistrate Siumongal Ramsaran yesterday.

Meanwhile, another man, Barry Prince, 34, also appeared before Magistrate Seemungal yesterday charged with the possession of a firearm, ammunition and marijuana. He too was not called upon to plea yesterday as the charges were laid indictably by PC Mitchell.

Police arrested him on Friday evening at a house on Soledad Road West after they allegedly found the firearm, ammunition and 197 grammes of the illegal narcotic.

The magistrate denied bail to Prince and remanded him into police custody to reappear in court on Wednesday.

Sgt Vikki Ranjitsingh prosecuted.

Only on Tuesday, Rasheed Brewster appeared in the Couva Magistrate’s Court charged by PC Ramoutar of Couva CID with the possession of a prohibited weapon, namely a SKS Russian rifle and seven rounds of ammunition. It is alleged that police found the items at his home in Trincity on Friday.

He was denied bail and the matter was transferred to the Arima Magistrates’ Court for him to appear on Tuesday.