Congress Place shooter on self bail
Linden Primo at court yesterday
Linden Primo at court yesterday

–for threatening behaviour charge

FIFTY-five-year-old Linden Primo, who discharged a loaded firearm on Sunday during the PNCR’s 18th Biennial Congress, was charged yesterday with threatening behaviour.

He is the bodyguard of Brigadier (rtd.) David Granger, leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the main opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), and is a security guard for a mining company.

He appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, denied the allegation against him, and was placed on self-bail after answering a threatening behaviour charge.
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The charge Primo faces detailed that on Sunday, July 27, at the People’s National Congress Headquarters in Sophia, Greater Georgetown, he made use of threatening behaviour to Akeshaw Barker, wherein a breach of the peace may be occasioned.
Reports are that on the day in question, at around 09:00 hrs, Barker attended the PNCR Biennial Congress, which was held a that Party’s headquarters at Sophia. At around 13:15 hrs that day, she went to the auditorium door to see a staff member when the defendant, who was standing approximately seven feet away from her, drew a gun from his waist, pointed it in her direction and discharged a round.
The matter was reported to the police, investigations were carried out, and the present charge was instituted.

Police Prosecutor Michael Grant requested that Primo be placed on substantial bail, and be made to lodge his passport with the police.
However, his attorney-at-law, Mr. Patrice Henry, said his client is an American citizen, and that his passport is presently in the possession of the US Embassy.
Henry also said his client is a father of two, and had never had any trouble with the law before. Moreover, he is willing to report to the police.

The matter was transferred before Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond for report and fixtures on August 4.

Experienced legal sources told the Guyana Chronicle that the charge of threatening behaviour was the least of all the possible charges that could have been instituted against Primo. He could have been charged with carrying an unlicensed firearm, discharging a loaded firearm, and causing public terror.

(By Geeta Rampersaud)

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