Two men deported from the United States five years ago have pleaded not guilty to the charges of aggravating robbery and assault of a Samoan resident early this month.
David and Richard Burgess both entered pleas through lawyer Natasha Schuster and will appear in Court again next week to hear their application for bail.
Police arrested the pair last week and have been in police custody since.
David Main, who works for Bluesky Samoa, was beaten and left injured on the side of the road while his assailants drove off in his car with his laptop and mobile phone inside.
According to Talamua Online, during proceedings, Schuster applied for bail however the court noted that the application was for one defendant and the application was amended to include two.
The same David Burgess appeared again before Chief Justice Patu Tiava’asu’e Falefatu Sapolu the following day on a different matter where he is jointly charged with Aitken Keil on possession of methamphetamine.
The hearing of this matter is scheduled for October 2018.
