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By Alric Lindsay
Jino Lawrence Wright appeared before the Grand Court on May 30, 2025, to face allegations of robbery and carrying a restricted weapon. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Robbery
Regarding the robbery, it is alleged that in March 2025, Wright stole $600 cash and cigarettes from Mary Street Convenience Store in George Town. In doing so, it is alleged that he put the sales clerk in fear of being subjected to force.
Restricted weapon
It is further alleged that Wright was carrying a restricted weapon, being a machete, without lawful authority to do so.
Wright will now face trial.
Note to readers
The allegations set out above are covered under the Penal Code.
Robbery242. (1) A person commits robbery if that person steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, that person uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force.
(2) A person who commits robbery is liable to imprisonment for life.
Restriction on carrying restricted weapons by night
81. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who without any lawful excuse (the proof of which excuse shall be on such person) has or carries any restricted weapon, not being a prohibited weapon, by night — (a) in a cinema, theatre or other place of public assembly; (b) in a club, restaurant, recreation hall or bar; (c) in a place of public entertainment of any kind or a place of general resort, admission to which is obtained by payment or to which the public have access; (d) in or upon the car park, parking lot or precincts of a place referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or (e) in or on a vehicle that is in or upon the car park, parking lot or precincts of a place referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), commits an offence and is liable to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for four years.
(2) If the restricted weapon is a machete or knife, no person shall be deemed to have committed an offence against this section if the person shall prove that that person had or was carrying such machete or knife for some lawful purpose for which such machete or knife was necessary.
