In December, Glen Andrews was beaten badly by a mob after he snatched Bridget Rhys's gold chain. Today the 20-year-old robber appeared in Magistrate's where various witnesses gave testimony against him. The evidence was so damning that Chief Magistrate Lord asked Andrews if he wanted the case stopped. But, he refused and at the end of if he was found guilty of robbery. In court today Lord stated that had Andrews pleaded guilty to the charge he would have been lenient but, as he did not, he was obliged to impose a 6-year jail sentence.
The case stems from an incident in which Bridget Rhys was robbed of a gold chain while she walked on Vernon Street on the 7th of December of last year. Led by a policeman, a mob ran down Andrews and beat him so badly, he had to be sent to the hospital.