A WITNESS who had gone to the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court to testify against his brother suffered a series of convulsions and became unconscious as other litigants and policemen rushed to his aid.

The court proceedings were temporarily halted as efforts were made to assist the youth who was unaccompanied.

During the break, Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus expressed concern over the man’s health and enquired whether Police Sergeant Godfrey Playter needed additional time to transport the unconscious man to the New Amsterdam Hospital.

However, shortly afterwards twenty-year-old Immanuel Seenarine, called ‘Dalo’, recovered and was advised to be accompanied by someone at the next court hearing.
Meanwhile, the construction worker told Guyana Chronicle that he had never lost consciousness before and could not say what may have triggered the attack.
He was attending court as a result of an assault charge instituted by the police against his brother.
However, his brother Dennis Seenarine was absent when the case was called but they are expected to return to court on September 14.

(By Jeune Bailey Vankeric)