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Dec 13, 2012 News
Two of the four bandits who were involved in a gun battle with police that ended in three of them being shot and seriously wounded on Sunday, were yesterday arraigned on six charges.
The men, Keshwar Harrinarine called “Bread” 32 a Hire car driver of Fyrish, Long Dam; Corentyne, Berbice and Parmanand Joseph, 24, also a hire car driver of Johns, Corentyne Berbice appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo on Wednesday at the Reliance Magistrate’s court on six charges.
The men while being in company with others on Sunday at Rose Hall, East Canje, Berbice discharged a loaded firearm at police Cadet Officer Roger Pilgrim with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or cause him grievous bodily harm.
They are also charged with discharging a loaded firearm at Police Corporal Randy Hamilton with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or cause him grievous bodily harm. Another charge read that on the same day they discharged a loaded firearm at Doodnauth Moses with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or cause him grievous bodily harm.
The bandits are also charged with being in possession of a firearm without being the holder of a firearm licence.
Another charge is that they were in possession of ammunition without being the holder of a firearm licence. The men are also charged with attempting to burgle the dwelling house of Ragesh Parsram at Betsy Ground, East Canje Berbice.
They were refused bail and will have to return to court on January 16, 2013.
Two other men who were captured, Deodat Seecharran, called “Pop Corn”, 20, of Edinburgh Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice and Zaheir Abdul, 22, of New Scheme Adelphi, East Canje Berbice are still hospitalised in the city.
Seecharran was shot to his left buttock; Abdul was hit on his left hip; and Harrinarine to his right buttock. Joseph who was the getaway car driver was intercepted with vehicle HC 1390 in the area and could give no plausible excuse as to why he was there.
The men were captured after a foiled robbery on the home of 78-year-old remigrant Guyanese Nankumarie Sookhoo, at Lot 3 Betsy Ground, East Canje. In the house too, was her son-in-law Rajesh Parsram, who is a foreman at the Rose Hall Estate, his wife and two children.
After being thwarted the men opened fire on the occupants of the house.
The police were summoned and on arriving at the scene were greeted with a volley of gunfire from and the bandits who engaged the cops in a more than three-hour gun battle until they were cornered in the St Patrick’s burial ground at Rose Hall, Canje.
The police recovered one shotgun, pellets empty casing, boots, caps and jerseys.
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