Berbice: Raymond La Fleur of Lot 28 Vryheid, West Canje Berbice charged for robbery under arms was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for an offence committed in 2010; however the defendant who was on bail did not show up for the ruling.
The police have since issued an arrest warrant for La Fleur. It is alleged that LaFleur, in the company of others armed with guns, robbed Mervin Clarke, called Buckman, of Sheet Anchor Village of $260,000, in the vicinity of Manabisi in the Canje Creek on Sunday, July 18 2010. It is alleged that La Fleur and three others approached the boat occupied by Clarke and a few others and relieved the former of the money.
When Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo handed down her sentence, La Fleur was not present. On March 2, La Fleur and Kevin James had the same magistrate discharge a murder charge against them while a third person remained accused of the same murder.
