The police in Lagos on Monday arraigned a 32-year-old man, Kelvin Robert, over alleged conspiracy and armed robbery, after six years in police custody.
The accused appeared before a Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere, on a two-count charge.
He allegedly committed the offences on March 11, 2008 at the Tin-Can Island, Apapa, Lagos, at 7.30p.m.
According to the charge sheet, Robert and some others, still at large, conspired and robbed Mrs. Deborah Davies of jewelry, mobile phones and other valuables at gunpoint.
The police said that the offences contravened Sections 402 and 406 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Robert, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.
His Counsel, Mr. C.C. Ekpobosa, expressed dissatisfaction that the accused was being charged to court after six years of arrest.
“The man had been in custody since 2008. That is, six years wasted out of his lifetime,” he said.
Justice Raliatu Adebiyi adjourned the case till June 27 for substantive trial. (NAN)
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