2 Essequibo Coast men charged with violent crimes

Two men have last week been separately arraigned in the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on allegations of having committed violent crimes.
In the first case, Kevin Odit, 23, of Anna Regina has been jailed for 12 months after he admitted to unlawfully wounding 56-year-old Chateram Persaud, also known as ‘Wolfee’, on May 28 at Anna Regina Market Road, Essequibo Coast.
Odit, a labourer, appeared virtually from prison before Magistrate Esther Sam, and changed his initial plea of not guilty to guilty. He was consequently sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment.

And Omesh Chandra, also known as ‘Dumb Boy’, a 23-year-old labourer of Riverstown, Essequibo Coast, was arraigned before Magistrate Sam charged with felonious wounding.
It is alleged that he wounded Sheldon Patterson, a 25-year-old labourer of Zorg, Essequibo Coast, in an incident that occurred on August 29 at Riverstown.
Magistrate Sam has placed Chandra on $500,000 bail, and adjourned the case to October 27, when he would be arraigned in the Suddie Magistrate’s Court.