Four men were yesterday remanded to prison after they appeared before Magistrate Tuanna Hardy at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on joint indictable charges of robbery with violence.
Steve Tsoi, called ‘Timmy’, 21, Mohan Panchoo, known as ‘Leon’, 21, and Christopher Mendonca, 23, all of Alness Village, Corentyne, together with 24-year-old Darwin Hawker of Nurney Village, appeared virtually via Zoom. The charges were read to them and bail was refused.
According to Regional Police Commander Shivpersaud Bacchus, the four were arrested between July 24 and July 26, 2026, in connection with a robbery committed at the home of a family at No. 1 Road, East Berbice-Corentyne.
The men were jointly charged on Tuesday with three counts of robbery with violence.
The charges allege that the victims were Narinedutt Ramnarine, called ‘Passy’, a 51-year-old businessman of Lot 445, No. 1 Road, Corentyne, from whom $3.5 million in cash was stolen; Jayadevi Ramnarine, a 30-year-old female worker of the same address, from whom a gold ring valued at $112,000 was taken; and Monica Balgobind, 31, from whom gold jewellery valued at $362,500 was stolen.
The matter was adjourned to August 18, 2026, for report.
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