Men get nine years each for East Coast robbery spree, abduction

THREE men were on Monday sentenced to nine years each for a series of armed robberies and the abduction of a taxi driver on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).

Rawle Franklyn , called “Rawle Dog,” 34, of Sparendaam Housing Scheme , along with Emmanuel Hale,

19 , and Hamza Samuels , called “ Bad Coolie ,” 33 , both residents of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, were sentenced by Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court

They were found guilty of three counts of armed robbery and one count of abduction

The first charge stated that Hale and Samuels on August 18 , at Ogle , while being in the company of others, allegedly robbed Madan Ramdeo of a cellphone and cash totalling $73,000

It was further alleged that on the same date, at Red Road Sophia , they robbed Jenny Mingo of $293,000 in various items.

The third charge alleged that on the same date , at Vryheid’s Lust, ECD, they robbed Joshua Singh of his $1.7 million Allion motorcar, along with his cellphone and cash

The men were also charged with abducting Singh during the robbery , charge, and this sentence will run consecutively with the robbery sentence

The state was represented by police prosecutor , Sergeant Ramjattan

The men are accused of being part of a gang that carried out a series of robberies in Georgetown and along the East Coast corridor

The men were nabbed during a police chase which led to a shoot-out in the wee hours of August 19, 2022, at Hunter Street and Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, in the vicinity of DSL

With Intent To Cause Him To Be Secretly Confined

For each robbery charge, the men were sentenced to serve five years , with one year deducted for time spent on remand This means that they will serve a total of four years for the robberies

Additionally, they were each sentenced to serve five years on the abduction

There , the vehicle crashed into a rail and the men were subsequently arrested They currently have other matters pending in several courts

Franklyn is no stranger to the courts In 2017, he was sentenced to four years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the illegal possession of a gun and ammunition

Pedestrian dies after being struck down at La Grange

A 52-YEAR-OLD woman lost her life on Monday when she was hit by a car at La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD).

The victim has been identified as a Samaroo Scheme, La Grange resident, Vidya Tie, who was struck around 5:50 hrs

According to a police report, 35-year-old Timothy Waldron of Shopping Plaza , South Ruimveldt , was driving hire car HD 3435 allegedly at a fast rate of speed along the western side of the La Grange public road

The driver alleged that while he was in the process of overtaking a motorcar (number unknown) that was proceeding in front of him, the pedestrian ran across the said road from the eastern side to the western side, and the left side front portion of the hire car crashed into her

As a result of the collision, the pedestrian was flung onto the bonnet and windscreen of the hire car, then fell onto the road surface and sustained injuries about her body

She was picked up in an unconscious state by the police and driver and escorted to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival The body was transported to Ezekiel Funeral Home for storage and a Post Mortem Examination (PME).

The driver was arrested, and a breathalyzer test conducted on him showed no traces of alcohol A Notice of Intended Prosecution was served. Further investigations are in progress.

Van Beek’s Super Over fireworks...

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Van Beek hit 28 at a strike rate of 200 during the run chase after Nidamaduru belted 111 off just 76 balls, with 11 fours and three sixes. Edwards, meanwhile, smashed 67 from 47. Not only did they find boundaries at will, they also made the West Indies fielders look ragged, converting ones into twos and twos into threes. Every run counted towards a remarkable Super Over win.

The game was set up by West Indies' centurion Nicholas Pooran. After half-centuries from Brandon King and Johnson Charles laid a solid foundation, Pooran added 108 with Shai Hope for the fourth wicket in less than 13 overs.

Pooran was on 7 off 17 balls at one stage. He then took Saqib Zulfiqar for a four and a six in the 35th over. In the 39th, he targeted the same bowler with a six and four again, before reaching his fifty in the 40th with another run of boundaries off Vivian Kingma.

West Indies added 118 in the last ten overs. Pooran reached his second century of the World Cup Qualifier in the penultimate over, before Keemo Paul took over, ransacking Aryan Dutt for 20 in the final over to propel West Indies to 374. Who knew even that wouldn't prove enough?(Cricinfo)

John dispatches field to capture...

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Veteran Team Evolution’s Denise Jeffrey rode brilliantly to win her race in 21 minutes 17 seconds.

In the Masters’ Time Trial the Champion was Kwame Ridley of Kaieteur Attack, winning his race in a time of 33 minutes 59 seconds from Team Evolution’s Seagun Hubbard.

The Junior Time Trial champion was Aaron New -

Fortune screamer helps T&T to...

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T&T took the lead when Neveal Hackshaw floated a brilliantly weighted pass over the top for Jones to chest down in the box, and drill his clinical finish past goalkeeper Julani Archibald.

“It was just we needed to move the ball faster. [We were] moving the ball too slow,” Eve said in explaining T&T’s inability to break down the Kittitian defence earlier.

“They sit very deep and try to prevent us from breaking the lines so we wanted to move the ball a little bit sharper so we could effectively break the lines. ton of We Stand United, who won in 16 minutes 53 seconds, while Alexander Leung also of We Stand United won the Juvenile Time Trial. (Joe Chapman) 18-yard box in the 33rd minute. With half-time approaching,

“So when we started to do that and get the ball going up the flanks, that’s how we got the first goals.”

The second goal was a screamer, the United Statesbased Fortune blasting a 20yard drive past Archibald after shaking off three defenders with a strong, intelligent run.

And Garcia’s good work down the right led to the third goal, his squared pass into the box ricocheting off Ible and into the back of the nets.

(lb8, w6) 14

TOTAL (6 wkts, 50 overs) 374

Did not bat: R Chase, A Hosein, A Joseph Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Charles), 2-160 (Brooks), 3-163 (King), 4-271 (Hope), 5-272 (Shepherd), 6-295 (Holder) van Beek 10-0-77-1 (w3), Kingma 10-0-66-1 (w2), Dutt 10-1-71-0, de Leede 6-0-72-2 (w1), Floyd 6-0-26-0,

1-0-11-0, Saqib 7-0-43-2.

*+S

A Dutt c Paul b Joseph

C Floyd not out 0

Extras (b5, lb4, w6, nb1) 16

TOTAL (9 wkts, 50 overs) 374

Did not bat: V Kingma

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (O’Dowd), 2-90 (Vikramjit), 3-128 (Barresi), 4-170 (de Leede), 5-313 (Edwards), 6-325 (Saqib), 7-327 (Nidamanuru), 8-371 (Dutt), 9-374 (van Beek)

Bowling: Holder 10-2-59-1 (w1), Joseph 10-0-73-2 (w1), Paul 5-0-47-0 (nb1), Chase 10-0-77-3 (w3), Hosein 10-0-73-2, Shepherd 5-0-36-0 (w1)

Result: Match tied (Netherlands win Super Over).

Points: Netherlands 2, West Indies 0. Man-of-the-Match: Logan van Beek.