One week af­ter a La Ro­maine busi­ness­man and his wife were robbed of cash, jew­ellery, and a wed­ding ring dur­ing a home in­va­sion, po­lice have charged his broth­er with the crime.

Ronal­do Samai, 26, al­so of La Ro­maine, ap­peared be­fore Mas­ter Deni­cia Bethelmy in the San Fer­nan­do AJI­PA Court yes­ter­day, charged with one count of bur­glary and two counts of rob­bery with vi­o­lence. He plead­ed not guilty.

PC Ram­sa­roop laid the charges, which stemmed from the in­ci­dent, on Oc­to­ber 15. The pros­e­cu­tion elect­ed for a sum­ma­ry tri­al, and Samai was grant­ed $200,000 bail with a sure­ty. As a con­di­tion of his bail, he must re­port to the Cou­va Po­lice Sta­tion week­ly be­tween 6 am and 6 pm.