POLITICAL activist Abel Seetaram was found guilty of felonious wounding and the court is now expected to hand down sentence on June 13, pending a probation report.

Following the guilty verdict on Wednesday by Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court, defence counsel Horatio Edmonson in a plea of mitigation, asked the court to exercise mercy and leniency, since the offence carried a maximum sentence of four years’ imprisonment.

The case stemmed from a drunken brawl on January 21, 2018, when Seetaram, 36, of Lot 121 B Woodley Park Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), injured his cousin, Netram Rabindranauth.
The prosecution had contended that Seetaram feloniously wounded Rabindranauth, 54, a vendor of Lot 64 ‘A’ Woodley Park Village. Seetaram was initially released on $100,000 bail. Seetaram , a councillor representing the Alliance For Change at the Region Five RDC, was arrested after he was said to have used a piece of wood to injure Rabindranauth during an altercation after a drinking spree.