| …to facilitate PI into abductionsThe Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has withdrawn robbery under-arms charges againstSimeon Williams and Oliver Franklinthree men in relation to a multi-million-dollar heist they are alleged to have committed on the Bourda Post Office, last April.Simeon Williams, of Lot 36 Savage Street, West La Penitence, Stravo Evans of 169 Middle Road La Penitence and Oliver Franklin of 102 Parfaite Harmony, West Bank Demerara were placed before the courts on April 8,cheap jerseys from china, last, and remanded to prison for the offences.According to the DPP, the move to withdraw the charges was taken to facilitate a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into two counts of abduction—a more serious offence— for which the men are charged for.It is alleged that on April 1, at Regent Street, they wrongfully restrained and abducted police officer Andre July and Darwin Hinds. Kaieteur News was told that based on the evidence led during the PI, the DPP will indict the men. The men are currently out on bail in relation to the abduction charges.Particulars of the first charge withdrawn stated that on April 1,Cheap Jerseys, while being armed with a gun, they robbed July of one G3 rifle and 20 rounds of 7.62 ammunition, property of the Guyana Police Force. The second charge alleged that on the same day,NFL Sport, at Regent Street, the men robbed July of $42,522,Cheap NFL Jerseys Online,000, property of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC).It was further alleged that on the same day at Regent Street, they robbed July of one cell phone valued $10,000. The trio was also accused of robbing Hinds of one ‘Pit Bull’ minibus valued $3.5M,Jerseys From China, while they were in the company of others and armed with a gun. The minibus is the property of the GPOC.It was reported that Evans, Williams, Franklin and other men stormed a minibus which had brought cash to the Bourda Post Office on the morning of April 1.One of the men placed a gun to the driver’s head while another relieved the police guard of his weapon.One of the bandits took possession of the vehicle,Wholesale Jerseys Cheap, his accomplice forced the policeman into the back of the bus and they drove off with the cash inside. Their accomplices are alleged to have followed behind in a white car. The bus stopped in Cemetery Road and the men in the white car pulled up alongside and cash was transferred from the bus. The bandits then abandoned the bus with the two victims.City Magistrate Judy Latchman is presiding over the PI, while Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Vishnu Hunt is presenting the prosecution’s case. |
