High Court Judge William Ramlal yesterday granted bail to the four men who were yesterday remanded on unlawful wounding charges after Wednesday’s attack on three teens at Non Pareil.
Bail was granted to them in the sum of $10,000 each after a petition by Attorney-at-law Anil Nandlall.
Nazeem Abdool, 32, of 28 Track ‘A’ Coldingen, East Coast Demerara; Jeremy Sarjoo, 27; Kulwant Sewnarine, 44, of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara and Parmanand Ramnauth, 30, of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara were charged with unlawful wounding. Abdool was also charged with assault causing actual bodily harm when they appeared at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court.
They pleaded not guilty to the charges and Magistrate Nayasha Hatmin remanded them to prison. The men are accused of unlawfully wounding Mark Lustal, 16, and Abdool was also charged with assaulting Lancelot Griffith, 17, so as to cause him actual bodily harm on November 23. Magistrate Hatmin acknowledged the fact that the offences were bailable, but denied bail after considering the circumstances surrounding the return of the victims to complete their jobs.
Police had said the attack occurred as a result of a misunderstanding.
The victims, who were working with a construction company that is building homes in the area, were also cleared by police of the allegation that they attempted to invade a closed shop, which set off the attack in which they were beaten with cutlasses, spades and sticks. One of the victims suffered chops to his head, foot and hand.
As a result of the incident, police issued an appeal for all communities to exercise “good common sense” and be “more patient and long suffering.”
