Four men— two bus drivers, a minibus conductor and a taxi man— were yesterday granted $200,000 bail each, after they were accused of attempting to murder another man.
Raymond Shaw, 33, a route 40 minibus driver of ‘A’ Field, Sophia; Terry Campbell, 41, also a route 40 minibus driver, of Werk-en-Rust; Akeem Lawrence, 24, Shaw’s minibus conductor, of B Field, Sophia; and Esan Henry, 23, a taxi driver of South Ruimveldt, were all brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and read the attempted murder charge.
It is alleged that the quartet, on February 23, at Peter Rose and Forshaw streets, Queenstown, unlawfully and maliciously wounded Vishnu Boodram, with the intent to commit murder.
None of the men was required to plead to the indictable charge.
While Shaw, Campbell and Lawrence were represented by attorney George Thomas, Henry was represented by attorney Jermaine Jervis. Facts presented by police prosecutor Gordon Mansfield stated that on the day in question, the complainant was driving his car along Forshaw and Peter Rose streets, when Shaw, in the company of the other defendants, who were in his minibus, got into an argument with the complainant.
As a result, Shaw and the other men attacked the complainant with knives and a chopper, resulting in Boodram suffering several wounds about his body. Boodram was later rushed to the Woodlands Hospital, where he was admitted as a patient and later discharged. The prosecutor made no objections to bail being granted to either of the men but requested that conditions be applied.
Chief Magistrate McLennan later granted the men $200,000 bail each. They were each ordered to lodge their valid passports with the clerk of courts at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, report to CID every Friday at 8am, not to go within 50 feet of the complainant, and not to contact or cause anyone to contact the complainant. The matter was then adjourned until May 21.
