Arguments by defence attorney Ajamu Boardi that a robbery charge against his 37-year-old client was “weak and strange” were not enough to keep him off the remand block at Dodds.Rommel Tyson Oneal Babb, a porter from Neils Road, Haggatt Hall, St Michael was sent to the St Philip facility on Wednesday after Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes said he had “a lot of concerns” about the case.Babb appeared before the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court and denied robbing Jaria Payne of a bag and its contents, with an approximate value of $310, on July 29.Station Sergeant Crishna Graham objected to Babb being granted bail, based on the nature and seriousness of the charge against him.“The prosecution is contending that this offence was allegedly committed with the use of a firearm; therefore, we are saying that there is a need to protect society from this accused,” the police prosecutor submitted.
