A PRISONER who had been placed before the court in connection with a series of armed robberies and piracy charges was wounded by gunfire from police on Saturday morning after he attempted to flee custody whilst being a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation(GPHC).

Camp Street Prison inmate, Terry Joseph was housed on the second floor of one of the wards; but sometime after 2am, Joseph, also known as “Spanish Man,” jumped through a window while the prison guard’s attention was diverted, and made his way out of the hospital compound.
He reportedly flagged down a taxi in the area, only to discover that its driver was one of the CID ranks who had arrested him.
Reports are that when Joseph then attempted to flee, the rank shot him in the right thigh.
Joseph, of Lot 6 Farm Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, was the fourth person to be charged in the armed robbery and piracy investigation, and had appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on September 28th on an indictable charge of robbery-under-arms. Particulars of the offence said that, on September 18, in Pomeroon, within the territorial sea of Guyana, armed with a handgun and in the company of others, Joseph had robbed Shameer Saffie of one cell phone and a wrist watch, worth a total of $14,000.
Police Inspector Stephen Telford, prosecuting, had objected to bail and had asked that the case be transferred to the Charity Magistrate’s Court on the Essequibo Coast. At the prosecutor’s request, Joseph had been remanded to prison until October 15.