- court hears
A woman was granted bail while two policemen were remanded to prison on Monday for allegedly stealing a quantity of items valued over $1M from a man, whom they had allegedly conspired to prosecute for an offence he did not commit, when they appeared before Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Sabatri Singh, 23, of 48 Triumph, East Coast Demerara and Andre Lakeram, 20, of Golden Fleece, West Bank Berbice were not required to plead to the indictable charge of larceny from a dwelling house.
Lakeram and Sirdartha Parsamen, 28, of Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara were not required to plead to the indictable charge of conspiracy to procure an innocent person.
It was alleged that between January 2 and September 8 at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, Singh stole $650,000 from Meer Ali.
It was also alleged between January 2 and September 8, Singh along with Lakeram stole a quantity of items valued over $1M from Ali.
It was further alleged that on September 9 at Enmore, Lakeram along with Parsamen conspired together to prosecute Ali on a charge of possession of narcotics knowing that he was innocent of the offence.
Attorney-at-law Vic Puran, representing the accused, stated that the allegations against Singh, was as a result of her present relationship with Lakeram some time after she had ended a relationship with Ali.
Puran said Singh had been kept in police custody for five days and was later granted station bail in the sum of $20,000. Puran also stated that Lakeram and Parsamen were both strong members of the Guyana Police Force and if they were granted bail they would return to court. The defence attorney then applied for bail for the trio.
The prosecution objected to bail stating that the court should consider the amount of money involved.
The magistrate subsequently granted Singh bail in the sum of $100,000. However, she ordered that Lakeram and Parsamen be remanded to prison. The trio will return to court on November 24.
A very serious matter,it makes one wonder about some of the cases we see being brought before our courts,are they for real? Or a set up like this one? Heaven help Guyana!!!
I spend alot of time in Guyana, have a nice lil house there. But let me tell you, in Guyana Justice is FOR SALE. If you poor or don’t have police or political connections you are Screwed. Ex. if a rich man driving a SUV wrongfully hit a man with a donkey cart the police will $$$$urely report that de donkey wrong.
And don’t feel that this is only a PPP thing this from of justice is deep rooted in guyanese society since Bhurnam days.
More corrupt police……………..what falls from the head lands directly on the shoulder.
when found guilty, immediately dismissal from the force and a long holiday in jail, no need for bad herrings.
A lawyers’ job has got to be a tough one. Defending druglords & crooked folks is not easy. Prosecutors should have a field day with this one if they are smart. We cannot afford anymore corruption in our society especially from those who should be enforcing the law.
These two individuals are not “strong members of the Guyana Police Force ” – they are a DISGRACE to their chosen professison. Rough them up!
well said Swat, throw them in jail.these disgrace polwest.
they must remain in the pen these are no less than animals, they are there to up hold the law and protect and in turn do the opposite.
new laws for govt officials/servants, if found guilty they serve no less than 10-15 yrs in prison.
Too small a bail, should be kept in jail, they should be made examples!
And the beat goes on.
At ages 20, 23 &28 these people are surely destined for a life of crime, not to mention the disgrace they are to the GPF.
What’s the message here?…………….a career in crime is the only way to prosper in GT? (I hope not.)
I commend the GPF for detecting this ploy and not condemning an innocent man, Mr. Ali.
I am also keeping my fingers crossed that the prosecutor won’t bungle this one.
corruption === corruption===== guyana will never be free from this scourge
the govt. the police, the gdf all needs to be disband and start anew, people
of guyana demand a total disband of the govt.,police,gdf, start your protests
now for the betterment of your children and grand children..
They should be made public examples. To ruin the life of a person to your self aggrandisement is reprehensible. The maximum time allowed by law should be meted out to them.