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May 01, 2012 News
Notorious criminal Mark Lee Young, called Junior, 36, of Lot B Four Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, who gained notoriety for the number of robberies he committed in various parts of Guyana was on Monday sentenced to five years in jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo, yesterday.
The sentence was handed down when Young appeared at the New Amsterdam magistrate court and pleaded guilty to robbing Chetram Sirkissoon of one minibus. He however pleaded not guilty to a number of other charges allegedly committed on the same day.
On February 3, last at Susannah (No19) Village, East Coast Berbice, Young and others who were armed with guns, robbed Chetram Sirkissoon of one minibus valued $2M property of Inderjeet Deosarran.
The men had entered the bus en route to Corentyne when in the vicinity of Susannah one of them stopped the vehicle to relieve himself. While the vehicle was stopped, Young is accused of putting a gun to Sirkissoon’s head and robbing him of the bus.
Young then took hold of the vehicle and drove it to a desolate area aback of Palmyra where it was found abandoned.
The prosecution urged that the full penalty be meted out to the accused who is notorious and has a number of other charges pending in various courts in Guyana.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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