Three detained for allegedly making threats on President Granger’s life

Apr 07, 2018 News

A 65-year-old East Coast Demerara resident is among three people facing possible charges for allegedly making threats against the life of President David Granger.
A police release stated that the calls were received on the 911 system at Brickdam on March 20, last.
In December, 2017, Alim Ally, who is serving a five-year sentence for assault causing actual bodily harm, was charged for allegedly calling the emergency number 911 and threatening to kill President David Granger and to shoot at the Brickdam Police Station.
He was slapped with four threatening language charges.
And in 2016, Bibi Safoora Salim was charged with posting death threats related to President David Granger via Facebook. The charges were thrown out by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, who ruled that the particulars of the allegations against the 52-year-old Vergenogen, East Bank Essequibo resident did not create an offence.
One of the charges alleged that during the period March 1 and 31, 2016, Salim attempted to incite hostility or ill-will against the President by posting on Facebook “Granger want a bullet in he head” and other comments.
She was also accused of sending derogatory remarks about the President from her cell phone to her son’s cell phone via WhatsApp.
Salim, a mother of three, was charged under the Racial Hostility Act for attempting to incite excitement, hostility or ill-will on the ground of race.
An attorney for the woman had argued that the charges were void, because the particulars did not state how her posting on Facebook violated the Racial Hostility Act.

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