A 23-year-old man has denied stealing a gold chain from around someone’s neck.

Princeton Burrows, from Somerset, pleaded not guilty to robbery in Magistrates’ Court this morning.

He is accused of grabbing a gold chain from around the neck of Derek Hill on September 4 in Sandys, and using force to do so.

Magistrate Juan Wolffe set a trial date of December 1 and released Mr Burrows on $5,000 bail with one surety.

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