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Alleged Stick Up Man Sambula To Stand Trial
posted (August 15, 2019)
Last year, 19-year-old Everald Sambula was charged as one of the 3 robbers who held up the Premium Wines and Spirits Liquor Store, in the Kings Park area of Belize City. They made off with over $55,000 in cash and valuables. Today, he learned that he will have to face a full trial in the Supreme Court.

A preliminary inquiry in the case was held today before Magistrate Emerson Banner. The police prosecutor handed over the investigation file to Magistrate Emerson Banner. It contained 11 witness statements which the prosecution intends to rely on in the trial. At its conclusion, the Magistrate ruled that Sambula, who is charged with 4 counts of robbery, must stand trial in the October sessions of the Supreme Court.

The court asked him to submit the names and addresses of any witnesses he intended to call as alibis in his defense case. He told the court that he has no witnesses to testify on his behalf.

As we reported, on September 7th of last year, a customer was attempting to enter the store, and as soon as a staff member buzzed that individual in, 3 men used that opportunity to storm in.

They then held up the staff and the customers at gunpoint and robbed them of 3 cellular phones, as well as the proceeds of the store's weekend sales from the other districts. In total, the assailants escaped with over 40,000 in Belize currency, another $6,300 in US currency, and the cellular phones. The staff was preparing to make a bank deposit that same day.

Several days later, police arrested and charged Sambula for the crimes.

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