A 17-year-old is among three males remanded on Friday in connection with the murder of a Chinese national during a robbery.Colwin Morris and Peter Baker, both aged 29 and residents of the Fort Ordinance Housing Scheme, Canje, Berbice alongside the 17-year-old appeared before Magistrate Michelle Matthias at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.The court heard that on Monday, December 22, 2025, the accused allegedly murdered 61-year-old Chen Yongping in Cumberland Village, East Canje Berbice, during the course of a robbery.They were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge.During proceedings, Police Prosecutor Sergeant Mark Edwards indicated that the case file was incomplete as the post-mortem examination report for Yongping was pending.Attorney-at-law Chandra Sohan represented Baker and Morris, while the 17-year-old was unrepresented.In a separate incident, it is alleged that on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at Cumberland Village, Morris, in the company of another individual armed with a firearm, robbed Wazir Mohamed. Mohamed was robbed of a 12 penny weight gold chain valued at $150,000, a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra valued at $315,000, and $230, 000 in cash, totaling $695,000.Police Prosecutor Corporal Leon Jones confirmed that the case file for this incident was complete.Morris pleaded not guilty to the robbery charge.Both Morris and Baker were remanded to prison, while the 17-year-old was sent to the Juvenile Holding Centre.The case has been transferred to Reliance Magistrate’s Court for further proceedings scheduled for January 14, 2026.The post Teen among three remanded for deadly Canje robbery appeared first on News Room Guyana.