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Police livid bail granted to suspect in acid attack
25-year-old Jilicia Leitch badly injured and visually impaired
Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force on Wednesday expressed ‘grave disappointment’ in the decision made by the Magistrates’ court to grant bail to the suspect accused of dousing two females with acid earlier this month.
The police in statement said, “In the wake of an over-increasing attack against women, the Guyana Police Force wishes to express its grave disappointment in the granting of bail by a Magistrate from the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to Keron Daniels, who was charged with Throwing Corrosive Fluid with Intent, committed on Jilicia Leitch and Nirmala Sukraj.”
Keron Daniels, who was remanded to prison on Tuesday was granted bail on Wednesday in the sum of $500,000.
Granted bail: Keron Daniels
During Tuesday’s hearing, the prosecution had claimed to have had video evidence linking Daniels to the crime, asserting that CCTV footage placed him as the driver of the getaway vehicle on September 3. However, Daniels’ attorneys, Ronald Daniels and Ronald Bostwick, argued that the footage clearly shows the attacker was masked and therefore could not be identified. They pointed out that police themselves had issued a public appeal for help identifying the masked individual, suggesting the evidence was inconclusive.
As such, Magistrate McGusty ordered Daniels to be remanded until the CCTV footage could be reviewed.
However, during Wednesday’s hearing, prosecutors informed the court that they had not yet secured the footage. As a result, the magistrate granted Daniels bail; $250,000 for each of the two charges he faces.
According to the police, “Despite the heavy prevalence of violence against women in Guyana, Magistrates continue to omit to take this crucial factor into account in exercising their discretion in respect to the granting of bail. The matter is further compounded by the high likelihood of these types of offences being repeated, especially when the alleged offender continues to have ready access to the victim.”
Daniel is scheduled to return to court on October 22, 2025 for further hearing.
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