A 35-year-old mother of three who was slapped with charge of conspiracy to commit a felony was refused bail when she appeared before Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid-Edmond at the New Amsterdam Court yesterday.
The court heard that between November 14 and November 15, Rookmin Greene called ‘Wattie’ of Liverpool, Corentyne reportedly assisted two prisoners who were inmates at the New Amsterdam prison in their escape bid, which was subsequently foiled.
Reports are that the woman concealed a cutting implement in a pair of footwear and allegedly snuck it into the prison to aid the men to escape.
According to reports reaching this newspaper a prison warden was doing his normal rounds when one of the men asked to use the washroom. When he had opened the cell for one of the men to come out the other locked him off from behind.
They then tied him up on the floor and took away his radio and bunch of keys and proceeded to open the other cells. The two men then cut open two bars in the ventilation space in the cell they shared and climbed through the opening they had made. They made it as far as the prison gardens before they were spotted and an alarm was raised. They were apprehended and taken back to their cells.
Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Satrohan Dayaram objected to bail for Greene on the nature, gravity and prevalence of the offence. He said that if the defendant is granted bail, the security of the state would be threatened.
In his application for bail, attorney-at-law, Rodwell Jagmohan said that his client has a fixed place of abode and that if she is granted bail she would return to court. He said the prosecution did not submit enough reasons for bail to be denied. The woman is scheduled to return to court on Monday for bail review.
