PI into KNews grenade attack...Chief Magistrate to rule on Jan. 5

PI into KNews grenade attack…Chief Magistrate to rule on Jan. 5

Dec 20, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the Kaieteur News grenade attack has concluded. Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan will make a ruling on January 5, on whether a prima facie case has been made out against the accused.
Leroy Williams,25, of Durban Backlands, Georgetown; Janeil Howard, 20, of 322 Section ‘C’ Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara; and Alfie Garraway, 36, of Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown are accused of conspiring together with other persons to cause an explosion by way of grenade, likely to endanger lives and cause damage to property.
The offence occurred on June 4, at 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown.
Garraway is currently out on $300,000 High Court bail. The two other accused remain on remand. Williams is being represented by Attorney Neil Bollers.
Attorney Stanley Moore is representing Garraway. Howard remains unrepresented.
When the matter was called yesterday, Police Prosecutor, Neville Jeffers, handed over written submissions to the court.
Thereafter, the Chief Magistrate indicated that she was ready to make a ruling in the matter. However, the ruling was deferred until next month because both attorneys were absent.
Garraway told the court that his attorney would be available on January 5, or anytime after that date. A woman, who told the court she was Bollers’s Legal Clerk, told the court that the lawyer was on his way from the East Bank of Demerara. However, when the lawyer turned up at court the matter had already been adjourned.
At the last court hearing (December 14) both lawyers handed over written submissions to the Chief Magistrate and prosecution.
According to reports, on the day in question, a security staffer heard an unusual sound coming from near Glenn Lall, publisher of Kaieteur News, Toyota Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) PRR 8398.
The SUV was parked on the western side of newspaper’s Lot 24 Saffon Street, Georgetown office.
On checking the front of the vehicle, the staffer spotted a grenade lying near one of the front tyres. Video footage from the company’s CCTV cameras showed a grey-coloured vehicle, slowing down as it approached Lall’s vehicle. The driver accelerated after the explosive device was thrown. Shemar Wilson also known as ‘Abdue’ is still wanted by police for questioning in relation to the grenade attack.
He is 20 years of age. His last known addresses have been given as 43 North Sophia and 51 West LaPenitence, Georgetown.