Prisoner attempts suicide in court lock-ups

Jun 16, 2016 News

A 43-year-old man was dragged out of the lockups at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts by police officers who rushed him to the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he ingested a poisonous substance.

Michael Persaud being escorted to the vehicle by policemen.

Kaieteur News was able to confirm that Michael Persaud of Lot 15 Public Road, Herstelling, East Coast Demerara consumed the substance which was concealed in a bottle yesterday morning.
Persaud is currently facing several fraud related charges before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. He reportedly attempted to take his life after his bail was revoked by the Magistrate and he was remanded to prison.
Earlier this year, police issued a wanted bulletin for Persaud in relation to investigation into several counts of obtaining money by false pretence.
Police ranks at the court were alerted to the incident by remand prisoners who were at the time being held in the court lockups waiting to be taken to the prison.
Persaud was seen lying on the floor next to his vomit. He was later placed in a police vehicle and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPCH) in the company of a weeping female relative.
Up to press time, court officials were still trying to ascertain how the man got access to the substance.