Second man denies insurance courier robbery

(CNS): A 32-year-old man from West Bay has denied being one of two men who held up a Sprint courier in the car park of a local insurance firm in George Town last month. Manuel Carter pleaded not guilty Friday to robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm in connection with the daylight heist, which took place on 4 October at around 10am outside the offices of BritCay on Eastern Avenue. Carter is accused of threatening the driver with a semi-automatic pistol and then making off with around $9,000 in cash. John Ebanks (50) also from West Bay, who is charged with the same crime, remains unrepresented and has not yet entered any pleas to the charges.

Both men appeared in court separately Friday. Carter was remanded to HMP Northward, while Ebanks was remanded at his own request to George Town police station.

The two men were arrested by police less than a week after the daylight robbery, in which just one man held up the courier and fled in a white Mitsubishi, which was recovered by police along with a firearm during a targeted operation.