Twenty-two year old Elvis Olivera, aka "Rebel", charged with robbery, is spending the first night of a 2 year prison sentence, handed to him today by
the Chief magistrate, Anne Marie Smith.
Kerwin Humes testified that at about 8:30 p.m. on March 20, 2014, he was riding home from a friend's house when Olivera pulled up beside him on Regent
Street near to the House of Culture and threw him off his bicycle. Humes said Olivera, who used to play with him on the same basketball team, got over
him and began to punch him on his face.
Humes said Olivera then took his Samsung Galaxy cellular phone from his shirt pocket and rode away contrary to the flow of traffic. Humes positively
identified Olivera as the person who robbed him, and a police constable who was at the House of culture, went to the scene when he heard Humes crying
out for help. The officer testified that when he arrived he saw Olivera riding off. A police sergeant testified that he retrieved the cell phone from
Olivera 3 days later.
Even with all that overwhelming evidence, from 3 persons who identified Olivera and directly linked him to the robbery, he still testified and denied
that he committed the offence. He said that he went to play basketball on Pen road and after that he went home, took a shower and went to his
girlfriend's house.
After careful consideration of all the evidence, Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith found him guilty and sentenced him to 2 years in jail.
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