By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT - The armed robbery trial of Marcus Bailey opened in the Supreme Court yesterday before Justice Hartman Longley.

Bailey, 33, is charged with the armed robbery of Doc's Conch Stand on December 20, 2009.

It is alleged that at about 2am the accused, while armed with a handgun, robbed owner Julius Lewis of cash.

It is further alleged that while fleeing the scene, Bailey accidentally shot himself in the leg and was arrested by police not far from the scene of the robbery.

Bailey, who was using crutches to walk, was escorted to the courtroom by police officers. He is represented by Carlson Shurland. Talk ...

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