POLICE Prosecutor Inspector Neville Jeffers on Monday closed his case for the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) against Alfie Garraway, Janiel Howard and Leroy Williams, the three men accused of throwing a grenade outside Kaieteur News building.The prosecutor wrapped up his evidence-in-chief with the final witness, Somal Sharma, the network administrator for Kaieteur News called to the stand before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

Leroy Williams,25, of Durban Backlands, Georgetown; Janeil Howard, 20, of 322 Section ‘C’ Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara; Alfie Garraway, 36, of Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, are accused of conspiring together with other persons to cause an explosion by way of grenade, likely to endanger lives and cause damage to property.

Garraway is currently out on $300,000 High Court bail, while the other two accused remain on remand.

Howard is unrepresented by an attorney. Alfie Garraway is being represented by Attorneys Stanley Moore and Glenn Hanoman, while Attorney Neil Bollers is defending Williams.

The matter was adjourned until December 14 for the men’s lawyers to give their submission.

Williams, voiced his frustration in court with a series of expletives and said: “I can’t understand this. I don’t know what yall want see happen to ghetto youths. This thing getting real frustrating.”
The Magistrate quickly told attorney Bollers to control his client.

According to reports, on the day in question, a security staffer heard an unusual sound near Publisher of Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall’s vehicle, PRR 8398, which was parked on the western side of the newspaper’s Saffon Street, Georgetown office. On checking the front of the vehicle, the staffer spotted a grenade lying near one of the front tyres. Video footage from the company’s CCTV cameras showed a grey-coloured vehicle, slowing as it approached Lall’s vehicle. The driver accelerated after the explosive device was thrown.

Shemar Wilson also known as ‘Abdue’ is still wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the grenade attack. He is 20 years of age and his last known addresses have been given as 43 North Sophia and 51 West La Penitence, Georgetown.