Latest update December 23rd, 2024 3:40 AM
Euclid Da Silva released on $3M bail
Embattled businessman Euclid Da Silva made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer charges of illegal entry to Guyana, conspiracy to commit a felony and uttering a forged document.
Da Silva appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton and was granted bail totaling $3,085,000.
The first charge stated that Da Silva entered Guyana illegally on August 10, last, and failed to present himself to an immigration officer. To that charge, the accused pleaded not guilty. He was granted $85,000 bail.
Euclid Da Silva.
Another charge read that in 2007 he conspired with other(s) to commit a felony, by obtaining a forged Guyana birth certificate. It is also alleged that during the same year he uttered a forged birth certificate to obtain a Guyana passport. Those charges were indictable, hence, Da Silva was not required to plea. A fourth charge read that he obtained a Guyana passport using a forged document. For the last three charges, Da Silva was granted bail to the tune of $1M each.
Da Silva was represented by Attorney-at-Law Peter Hugh who told the court that his client’s family is fearful as their home was ransacked by heavily-armed police ranks. The court was told that Da Silva was held at a house in La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, on an allegation that he had threatened a patron at a city night club.
Meanwhile the Magistrate enquired from the police prosecutor if any advice was sought on the matter. In response, the court was told that oral advice was given from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Da Silva is to make his next court appearance on October 5.
Also, the Attorney General has asked for 10 days to enter an answer to an application for an order of prohibition which was filed in the High Court on Da Silva’s behalf. The application was filed last week, and is seeking to prevent local law enforcement official from handing Da Silva over to Brazilian officials.
Back in August 2010 Da Silva was arrested and subsequently released on $100,000 station bail. Having learnt of the police’s intention to extradite him to Brazil, Da Silva’s lawyer had moved to the High Court to block the expulsion. However despite a ruling by Chief Justice Ian Chang to block his expulsion, the local law enforcement authorities released him into the custody of the Brazilian Federal Police. Further while all this was being done, relatives had produced documentation which supported that Da Silva is a citizen of Guyana, by birth.
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