A man who served time in prison for the mur­der of Dole Chadee’s broth­er, ex-con­vict Michael “Rat” Ma­haraj, has been de­nied bail and re­mand­ed in cus­tody on charges of de­mand­ing mon­ey with men­aces and sim­ple rob­bery.

Michael Ma­haraj, 53, along with Den­ish Ma­haraj, 42; ini­tial­ly ap­peared in court on Mon­day, charged with ex­tor­tion and rob­bery.

They were not called up­on to en­ter a plea re­gard­ing the charges, which in­clud­ed de­mand­ing mon­ey with men­aces and rob­bery with ag­gra­va­tion.