THREE MEN who allegedly threw a grenade outside Kaieteur News two Saturdays ago were Wednesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.Leroy Williams, 25, of Durban Backlands; Janiel Howard, 20, a trader of Norton Street; and Alfie Garraway, 20, a Labourer of Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown were not required to plead to charge.

It is alleged that on June 4, at Saffon Street, Georgetown, they unlawfully and maliciously conspired together with persons to cause a grenade to explode, which could have endangered lives or cause damage to property.

Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones strongly opposed bail being granted to the men based on the gravity and penalty attached to the charge.

The three men were unrepresented and were remanded to prison until July 07.

Howard surrendered on June 13, shortly after a wanted bulletin was posted for his arrest. Police are, meanwhile, still looking for 20-year-old Shemar Wilson, called ‘Abdue’, in connection with the same incident.

According to reports, three persons, including the driver, were in a silver-grey Toyota Spacio from which the grenade was thrown. Prior to the attack, the occupants were seen parked in James Street, Albouystown.

When the device was tossed at the publisher’s vehicle, a security staffer had heard an unusual sound near the Lexus SUV which was parked on the western side of Saffon Street. Upon checking, the staffer spotted the grenade lying near the right front wheel.

Staffers were, at the time, participating in a wake for Assistant Editor Dale Andrews, who had passed away earlier the same day.

Video footage from a Kaieteur News CCTV camera showed the grey Spacio heading north, but slowing as it approached Lall’s vehicle. The vehicle then accelerated after the device was thrown, but later crashed in the vicinity of Norton Street and Mandela Avenue.