A man, who denied placing a gun to a police rank’s head before relieving him of his motorcycle, was today remanded to prison for the crime.
Twenty-year-old Levar Moore, a mechanic, of 59 Leopold Street, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts.
It is alleged that on November 9, 2019, at Princes Street, Georgetown, while being armed with a gun and in the company of others, Moore robbed Sherwin Thornhill of one motorcycle valued $270,000.
The unrepresented man pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him.
Facts presented by the court prosecutor stated that on the day in question, the officer was seated on his parked motorcycle in front of the special constabulary headquarters talking to a female friend. The court heard that Moore and others approached the policeman.
The prosecutor said that it was Moore who placed a firearm to the rank’s head and demanded that he handed over the motorcycle. The victim, being fearful for his life, complied, the prosecutor added. Moore and others then made good their escape.
The matter was reported and the defendant was arrested by police at a roadblock.
He was then taken into custody, hence charged for the offence.
The Magistrate, after listening to the facts, remanded Moore to prison until November 15.