-also charged with unlawful possession of gun and ammunition

Days after 25-year-old Maryann Daby discharged several rounds in the compound of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) at Thomas Lands and pointed her firearm at a police officer, she was on Tuesday charged and remanded to prison on a string of charges including attempted murder.

Daby appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates Court for discharging a firearm to commit murder and the possession for an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Particulars of the first charge alleged that on May 13 , 2018  at Albert Street,Thomas Lands, Daby discharged a firearm at Police Constable Christopher Kissoon with intent to commit murder. This charge was laid indictable.
The court further heard on the same day in question, Daby had a .32 pistol in her possession along with 6 rounds of .32 ammunition, to which she hold no licence to carry. She denied the two charges when it was read to her.
Her attorney, Mark Waldron explained that his client is a licenced firearm holder since 2014, however she had undated her licence to a 9mm pistol in 2018 to which she is still to attain.
Waldron further stressed that his client was tested for gunshot residue to which no spent shells were found in the compound of the GMRSC.
Police Prosecutor Inspector,  Arwin Moore told the court that on the day in question Constable Kissoon approached Daby after she was seen firing several shots in the air.

When the officer approached Daby she placed the gun to his forehead and pulled the trigger, however the gun was empty.
To the astonishment of those  present , while the facts were being read in court , Daby’s  female relative said in the courtroom ,” He (Kissoon) should have dead” while defending the woman.
Moore objected to bail being granted to the woman citing the seriousness of the charge and the fact the Daby was not licence to carry the .32 pistol.
The Magistrate ruled in the prosecution’s  favour and remanded Daby to prison until May 23.