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KN grenade attack… High Court grants Number one accused granted bail
Alfie Garraway, the number one accused in the June 2016 grenade attack on Kaieteur News, has once again been granted bail.
Garraway was previously placed on $300,000 bail after his attorneys applied
to the High Court.
But Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan had reversed the High Court decision, shortly after ruling that a prima facie case had been made out against Garrwway, and the other two accused, Janeil Howard and Leroy Williams.
They have been committed to stand trial in the High Court.
Williams, 25, of 11 D’Urban Backlands; Howard, 20, of 322 Section ‘C’ Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara; and Garraway, 36, of Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, are accused of conspiring together with other persons to cause an explosion by way of throwing a grenade, likely to endanger lives and cause damage to property.
The grenade was lobbed at a vehicle belonging to Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall.
The offence occurred on June 4, 2016, at Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown.
According to reports, on the day in question, a member of the Kaieteur News security staff heard an unusual sound near Lall’s Toyota Lexus SUV, PRR 8398. The vehicle was parked on the western side of Saffon Street outside the building housing the newspaper offices.
Video footage from the company’s CCTV cameras showed a grey-coloured vehicle slowing as it approached Lall’s vehicle. The driver accelerated after the explosive was thrown.
Shemar Wilson, also known as ‘Abdue’, is still wanted by the Police for questioning in relation to the grenade attack. He is 20 years of age and his last known addresses have been given as 43 North Sophia and 51 West La Penitence, Georgetown.
The three men will stand trial at the next sitting of the Demerara Assizes.
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