Mental health test for robbery suspects

The High Criminal Court has ordered for a man and his uncle to be mentally evaluated after they were arrested for committing robberies.

The duo were nabbed after an Asian man reported to police that he was robbed by two men, who posed as police officers in plain clothes before stealing his valuables and fleeing the scene.

The uncle is in his thirties while the other defendant is only 18 years of age. During investigations, the pair blamed each other for the robberies they committed with the 18-year-old boy telling Prosecutors that he wouldn’t have done them without being asked by his uncle.

“My uncle came to me and told me that we would go and rob Asian men. I told him that I didn’t want to join him. But he convinced me to accompany him. Therefore, I went with him,” the 18-year-old boy told Prosecutors.

“He stopped an Asian man and attempted to rob him. He involved me in the robbery and then he gave me BD50,” he added. However, the uncle blamed his nephew, stating that the latter was the one who incited him to rob the Asian man.