Georgetown: A suspected pirate was today remanded to prison on charges of piracy and robbery committed at the High Sea on September, 8, 2012.
Steve O’Neil appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on allegations that he used a handgun to raid fishing boats in the region of Foxes Beach, North West District.
According to the charge the accused carted off more than $1.2 million worth of commodities belonging to the captains and their crew members.
Police alleged that in the North West District, the accused attacked and robbed Vibert Singh and his crewmembers abroad the De Naresh fishing vessel, robbing them of one 48 HP engine, cell phone cards, a quantity of fishing glue, and other items.
The other charge read that on the same day O’Neil being armed with a handgun, robbed Geewan Singh and his crew members of articles valued in excess of $1M. They included a boat engine, a radio set and fishing glue.
Prosecutor Stephen Telford asked that the defendant be remanded to prison. He was not required to plead to the charge.
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