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Today one of the robbers who held up a man on Thursday just outside of a mechanic shop in Belize City was taken to Belize City Magistrate’s Court. Nineteen year old Valentine Baptist is one of the two robbers who held up at gunpoint fifty year old Joseph Duce. The robbery occurred around eleven fifty on Thursday morning on Malcolm Street. He was waiting at the mechanic shop for his vehicle to be fixed. The victim was robbed of his cell phone and gold chain valued at over three thousand dollars.

This afternoon, Baptist was arraigned in front of Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie where he was charged with one count of robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery. He was denied bail and remanded to Hattieville Prison until December fifth. Viewers may recall that the other suspect is already in police custody but he remains under guard at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.

But what led to that quick arrest was probably the action taken by the victim himself. It is reported that as the pair of robbers fled the scene, Duce pulled out his licensed thirty eight revolver and fired five shots. Two of the bullets struck one of the robbers identified as eighteen year old David Sutherland. He was hit in the right shoulder and leg.

Of course David Sutherland is expected to be charged upon his release from the KHMH.