A jury was on Monday seated to hear the case of a man accused of robbing and kidnapping a food store owner and a woman accused of receiving stolen goods.

Prosecutors allege that Mark Rolle Jr, while armed with a firearm, kidnapped and robbed Vashti Glinton on July 22, 2022.

Glinton was accosted by a gunman as she opened up the Coral Harbour Food Store around 6:25 a.m.

She was robbed of $700 cash before the gunman forced her into her husband's Ford F-150 truck and drove her to an unknown location.

While there, Glinton was forced to sign check number 3302 in the amount of $3,000.

Later that day, Danella Knowles allegedly tried to cash the stolen check at the Carmichael Road branch of FirstCaribbean International Bank.

She was arrested and charged with receiving.

Both Rolle and Knowles have denied the allegations at their trial before Acting Justice Joyann Ferguson.

In her opening statement, prosecutor Cashena Thompson told the six woman, three man jury that the defendants were presumed innocent.

As she encouraged them to resist the urge to play investigator through internet searches, she told them that their decision should be based on the evidence presented in court.

Sonia Timothy-Knowles represents Rolle and Miranda Adderley appears for Knowles.

Carmen Brown is also prosecuting.

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