A 33-year-old man from South Ruimveldt, identified as John Sampson of Congress Drive, is granted bail after being charged with robbery under arms. According to reports, the charge stems from an incident in Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, where a 30-year-old woman is robbed outside a supermarket. One outlet says the incident involves a knife at knifepoint, while both accounts describe it as an armed robbery. Sampson appears in the Diamond Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Dylon Bess on Friday. He is read the charge and pleads not guilty. Kaieteur News reports that police place him on $100,000 bail, and both sources indicate the case proceeds from that court appearance. The reports attribute the robbery to an event committed the previous day, involving the victim outside the supermarket in Herstelling. No conviction is reported, and the bail decision is presented as occurring at the time of his initial court appearance.
John Sampson granted $100,000 bail after Herstelling knifepoint robbery charge
A 33-year-old man from South Ruimveldt, identified as John Sampson of Congress Drive, is granted bail after being charged with robbery under arms. According to reports, the charge stems from an incide...
- John Sampson, 33, of Congress Drive, South Ruimveldt, is charged with robbery under arms.
- The alleged incident occurs in Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, outside a supermarket.
- The victim is reported as a 30-year-old woman, and one report describes it as a knifepoint robbery.
- Sampson appears at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Dylon Bess and pleads not guilty.
- He is granted bail, reported as $100,000.
(Kaieteur News) – A Congress Drive, South Ruimveldt resident identified as 33-year-old John Sampson, on Friday, was placed on $100,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a robbery under arms charge. Police in a statement, said the charge relates to an incident committed on a 30-year-old housewife of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara on Thursday. “Sampson […] The post South Ruimveldt man on $100,000 bail for Herstelling knifepoint robbery appeared first on Kaieteur News.
4 hours agoA 33-year-old South Ruimveldt man has been granted bail for robbery under arms following the armed robbery of a woman outside a supermarket at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara. John Sampson, a self-employed resident of Congress Drive, South Ruimveldt, appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where the charge was read […]
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