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Man who robbed elderly as Mill Reef Club sentenced to 8.5 years

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Man, who robbed elderly as Mill Reef Club sentenced to 8.5 years

Rickardo Bussawan has been sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for three counts of aggravated robbery against elderly victims James and Elizabeth Lewis.

The Villa resident pleaded guilty to the crimes committed on April 6, 2022.

Court documents reveal that around 10 pm, the Lewis couple and their friend were conversing by the pool when three masked men wearing gloves and carrying knives attacked them.

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The assailants allegedly tied up the victims with duct tape and stole valuables including iPhones, iPods, jewellery worth US $10,000, a chef knife, a curling iron, and over US $1,100 in cash.

Bussawan’s co-accused, Delon Wills and Michael Carr, are scheduled to return to court on February 3 to set a trial date.

The sentences will run concurrently, with time served to be deducted from the total sentence.

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Comments (6)

  • Antigua Surf January 24, 2025, 8:12 AM

    HA HA. Another one off the streets. i’m no different from the rest tho. Anybody is let into the country and do all kinds of things. some running from the crimes they commit in their own counries or even some with a hefty criminal record. maybe we should start the requirements of Police Records when travelling instead of needing it to get a job.

  • Antiguans are RACIST. January 23, 2025, 5:56 PM

    @Donna and @ Faithful National #1, you two should go run the immigration and labour departments if your so concerned about people getting on the island you don’t like. Start with the Syrians and Chinese.

  • Curious? January 23, 2025, 5:51 PM

    I’m pretty sure they say the same thing about sewer source antiguans also whenever an Antiguan commits a crime on another island. Doesn’t ABLP import voters from different islands to vote for them?

  • Donna January 23, 2025, 2:12 PM

    The surname “Bussawan” is not a well known last name in Antigua and Barbuda. Immigration focus more on Antiguans and Barbudans who returning home either from vacation or for family emergency and vacation. They need to be focusing more on who they’re letting into the country and followed up that they go out as scheduled on their plane tickets. We need to be doing like Donald Trump tightening up our homeland and borders security.

  • Stone January 23, 2025, 1:34 PM

    One more criminal off the streets

  • Faithful National #1 January 23, 2025, 12:59 PM

    Ricardo Bussaman, yet another importer from some sewer source, aa his name suggests! The immigration department AND the the LABOUR department need closer scrutiny! Who let the dogs out?

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