Escapee slapped with five more charges
Wilford Woodley was facing a charge of robbery when he escaped police custody almost two years ago.{{more}}
But on Friday, when he appeared at the Serious Offences Court, he was slapped with five more charges.
St Lucian authorities captured Woodley, 26, of Richland Park last weekend after he escaped the custody of prison authorities nearly two years ago.
He had been denied bail by the High Court on February 19, 2010, after it was alleged that he committed a brazen midday robbery in Kingstown on January 26, 2010.
Woodley, who sat in the courtroom with other prisoners awaiting to be carried back to prison, calmly got up and walked past prison officers, made his way to the lawyersâ robing room and escaped through a door that leads to the front of the High Court building.
At court on Thursday, Woodley was charged with escaping lawful custody on February 19, 2010, while an inmate at Her Majestyâs Prison.
He was further charged for discharging a firearm at Campden Park, in the public road, on December 6, 2012.
He was also charged with unlawfully discharging a firearm at Angela John of Campden Park on the same date.
Woodley was further charged with entering the liquor and provision shop of St Hill Da Silva as a trespasser and at the time, had a gun and stole EC$480.
He was also charged with robbing Cyran Forde of Kingstown Park of a Blackberry Curve cellular phone, valued at $1,600, also on December 6, 2012.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges and was remanded in custody.
The matters will be heard on June 7, 24 and 28 respectively.
In 2010, it was alleged that Woodley snatched a womanâs purse in Kingstown. Reports also claim that the assailant, armed with a gun, fired shots at the police while engaged in a chase.
He was later apprehended in the Sally Spring area. (KW)
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