FOUR men were yesterday granted bail by Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court following an attempted murder charge read against them.
The men: Raymond Sawh, a 33-year-old bus driver of Lot 332 A’ Field Sophia; Akeem Lawrence, a 24-year-old conductor of Lot 340 B’ Field Sophia; Eson Henry, a 24-year old who resides at Lot 594 Cane view, South Ruimveldt; and Terry Campbell also known as ‘Fabulous’, a 41-year-old bus driver of Lot 70 Louisa Row, Werk-en-Rust were not required to plead to the indictable charge.

It was alleged that, on February 23, 2019, at Peter Rose and Forshaw Streets, Georgetown, they unlawfully and maliciously injured 40-year-old businessman, Vishnu Budram, with intent to commit murder.

The prosecution represented by Gordon Mansfield did not object to bail being granted to the defendants. According to reports, on the day in question, at about 20:30 hours, Budram was driving North along Peter Rose Street heading to Forshaw Street, when one of the defendants ‘pulled up’ his minibus along his car. That almost caused a collision between the two vehicles. This prompted Budram to come out of his vehicle and have a discussion with the defendant about the manner in which he was driving, and an argument ensued.

Sawh then dealt the businessman several chops with a chopper, while the others joined in and began to beat him. Budram was stabbed on several parts of his body, causing him to fall unconscious to the ground. He was rescued by public-spirted persons and rushed to the Woodlands Hospital where he was admitted and remained for several days.

The matter was reported to the Albertown Police Station and the men were subsequently arrested and taken into custody. After listening to the submissions made in court, the Magistrate eventually granted the four men bail at the sum of $200,000 each.

They are expected to lodge their passports and report to the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters, every Friday, until their next court hearing on May 21, 2019.