Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang yesterday deferred a bail hearing in the High Court for the two policemen implicated in the torture of a 15-year-old boy.

The men’s attorney, Hukumchand, made the original application for bail on Thursday and again yesterday, but the hearing was adjourned to next week.

Narine Lall

Mohanram Dolai

The officers, Sergeant Narine Lall and Constable Mohanram Dolai, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with the unlawful wounding and felonious wounding of two prisoners on Wednesday. No charges were filed in relation to the boy since he had not yet identified the accused. The duo was not required to plea to the indictable charges laid jointly  against them and were remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

According to the charges, between October 20 and 29 at the Leonora Police Station, West Coast Demerara, the two policemen unlawfully and maliciously wounded Nouravie Wilfred. It is also alleged that on October 28, at the same police station, they unlawfully and maliciously wounded Deonarine Rafick, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or cause him grievous bodily harm.

Wilfred, Rafick and the 15-year-old had been arrested following the murder last week of retired Region Three vice-chairman Ramenaught Bisram. A wounded and battered Rafick has since been charged with the murder and remanded to prison, while Wilfred was released on Tuesday after having been in custody for a week. The 15-year-old had been severely burnt in his genital area and it was only after the case was reported in the media that he was taken to the hospital. The teen remains a patient in the Georgetown Public Hospital.