No ballistic report yet on KN grenade attack
The three alleged masterminds
The three alleged masterminds

AFTER almost a month of investigations, the police are yet to complete the file and the ballistics report in relation to the June grenade attack on the Kaieteur News.The three alleged masterminds, namely Alfie Garraway, 36, of Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown; Joneil Howard, 20, of Lot 322 Section ‘C’ Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown; and Leroy Williams, 25, of Lot 11 D’Urban Backlands, Georgetown are currently on remand for the indictable charge.
On Tuesday, June 14, the trio was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for unlawfully and maliciously conspiring with other persons to cause explosion by way of a grenade likely to endanger lives, and cause damage to property on June 4, at Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown.
The matter was called before city Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Friday, when the matter was forced into an adjournment for tomorrow.
The adjournment followed Police Prosecutor Stephen Telford’s indicating that he was not in possession of the file, since the ballistic report is still outstanding.
Garraway’s attorney, Glen Hanoman, had vented his frustration at the prosecution’s slow pace in dealing with the matter and made application for his client to be released on bail.
According to Hanoman, the prosecution is still uncertain on the way forward with the matter, and is “prolonging the process.”
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.

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