The Tribune

By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Court Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A MAN was remanded accused of two armed robberies in Nassau last week while on bail for an attempted murder charge.

Raven Cooper, 33, stood before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on two counts of armed robbery and five counts of violation of bail conditions.

Between February 4 and 13 while on Supreme Court bail charged with three counts of attempted murder, Cooper is alleged to have failed to have his electronic monitoring device charged on five occasions.

Then, on March 8, while on release for these pending matters, Cooper, armed with a handgun, is alleged to have robbed Maxin Penn of several envelopes containing receipts and $400 cash. These stolen items were the property of Tiki Hut.

On the same day, the accused, being concerned with others and armed with a tan coloured airsoft Taurus pistol, is accused of robbing Trevor Patton of his $6,000 silver coloured Nissan Note.

While Cooper pleaded not guilty to the bail violation charges, he was not required to enter a plea for either armed robbery charge. He was informed that the indictable offence would be transferred to the Supreme Court by way of a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI).

The accused was granted $5,000 bail for the lesser offences, but was instructed that he had to apply to the higher court for bail for the armed robbery charge.

He was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services in the interim.

Cooper is to return to court for trial on his bail violation case on April 5 and again for service of his VBI on May 30.