A 24-year-old casual worker of Kalekana settlement appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court this afternoon charged with aggravated burglary, robbery and giving false information to a Police Officer.
It is alleged that Livai Drigita took over $1,000 cash and a phone worth AUS$2,600 from a 73-year-old retired man in Marine Drive, Lami.
The 73-year-old man who resides in Australia had come to visit his family in Lami when he was robbed in August last year.
It is alleged that Drigita pushed the elderly man into a drain before kicking him and robbing him.
It is also alleged that Drigita also took a flat screen TV worth $3,000 from the house of a 37-year-old self-employed woman in Solomoni Street, Lami in August last year.
Drigita also allegedly gave a wrong name while he was interviewed at Lami Police Station.
He has been remanded in custody and the matter will be called on the 17th of this month.
