| Shelton Bourne, a worker employed by Kaieteur News, failed to turn up in court, yesterday,Wholesale NHL Jerseys, as a prosecution witness. He was informed on several occasions that he has to attend court to give evidence in the matter. However, despite these notices the witness has not made his way up the court stairs even after Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan instructed that police to summons him.Nevertheless, the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the Kaieteur News grenade attack continued yesterday, with the prosecution calling three more witnesses before the Chief Magistrate in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers called Somal Sharma, Network Administrator at Kaieteur News; Police Woman Constable Latasha Johnson, stationed at the East LaPenitence Police Station and June-Ann Gomes of Lot 151 Thomas Street,Wholesale World Cup Jerseys, Kitty, Georgetown to the stand.Janeil Howard, 20, of 322 Section ‘C’ Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara; Alfie Garraway, 36, of Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown; and Leroy Williams, 25, of 11 Durban Backlands, 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. Garraway is currently out on $300,000 High Court bail.The other two accused remain on remand.Howard is unrepresented by an attorney. Alfie Garraway is being represented by Attorneys Stanley Moore and Glenn Hanoman, while Attorney Neil Bollers is defending Williams.On Wednesday,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, the Chief Magistrate admitted a caution statement (CS) given by Howard in the trial,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, after the conclusion of a Voir Dire (trial within a trial) into the admissibility of the statement.The Voir Dire was conducted to inquire into the circumstances under which the statement was given to police by the accused.Howard had denied giving detectives part of the statement while in custody at the Ruimveldt Police Station.At a previous court hearing, Prosecutor Jeffers had called the newspaper security staffers, Omar Bynoe and James Baptiste to testify.Both witnesses testified that they were on duty when what appeared to be a grenade was thrown at a Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) belonging to Glenn Lall, publisher of Kaieteur News.According to reports, on the day in question, a security staffer heard an unusual sound coming from near Lall’s vehicle PRR 8398,Stitched Jerseys, which was parked on the western side of Saffon Street. 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,Jerseys NFL Cheap, slowing 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 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.This PI continues next Wednesday, November 9. |
