A pair of St George’s men who admitted robbing another man of $2,000 were sentenced to time served and probation.Aaron Crockwell, 28, and Ajuan Lamb, 22, were charged with robbing Richard Burton in St George’s.While they both initially denied the offence, they later reversed their pleas and were remanded in custody.During sentencing in Magistrates’ Court, Crown counsel Karen King said that the offence of robbery is usually treated with an immediate custodial sentence, noting that according to a victim impact statement, the incident had caused the victim trauma and distress.She also noted that robbery has become more prevalent in Bermuda, and that while the defendants had entered a guilty plea, they had not done so at the first opportunity.Despite this, she said the Crown felt that the appropriate sentence would be a community-based sentence with supervision.Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo said he was confused by the Crown’s submission, saying that the suggested sentence did not mesh with the rest of the submission, suggesting that the Crown was attempting to dump the matter into the hands of the court.Ms King responded that during the investigation, new information had come to light.While Mr Burton initially told police he did not know either man, and said he was threatened with a firearm and a knife, the court heard he later recanted, telling officers he had known the men for around two months and that no weapons had been brandished.Lawyer Kenville Savoury, representing Crockwell, said his client was attempting to get back money owed to him, but the situation got out of hand.He explained that Crockwell had heard Mr Burton talking about buying a boat and approached him, saying him he had a boat he was willing to sell.They agreed on a price and Mr Burton, Crockwell and Lamb went to a bank machine to collect the money.Lawyer Charles Richardson, representing Lamb, said his client had plead guilty because he knew he had done something wrong, but that on the face of it the incident was not robbery.“There was no violence here,” Mr Richardson said. “What type of robbery is this when we see on CCTV one of the defendants calmly lighting a cigarette?“This is obtaining by deception, perhaps, but there was no personal violence and no threat of personal violence.”Asked to comment, both defendants apologised to the court, saying the situation had gotten out of hand.Mr Tokunbo sentenced both men to time already served and 12-months probation, with conditions laid out in the Social Inquiry Report.