Bail denied again for City Constable accused of shooting colleague, her friend

…Magistrate cites VC’s safety

Magistrate Rhondell Weever again rejected a bail application on behalf of Lindon Isaacs, the City Constable who is accused of shooting his colleague and her companion, on Monday.
The court cited the Virtual Complainant’s (VC) safety as being of utmost concern.
When he appeared before Magistrate Weever at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts last month, Isaacs, a 50-year-old who works for the City Constabulary of the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown was charged with two counts of discharging a loaded gun with intent.

He is accused of firing a loaded gun at overseas-based Guyanese Miguel Wilson and his colleague, City Lance Corporal Jammanie Saul on September 19 at the City Constabulary Outpost in Bourda, Georgetown, to maim, disable, or cause them bodily injury.
He is further accused of assaulting Saul so as to cause her bodily harm.
During the court proceedings on Monday, the defence attorney requested reasonable bail, citing the prosecutor’s protracted delay in handing over trial-related materials, including witness statements, photographs, and video recordings.
Although the prosecution did not object to the defendant being given his pre-trial liberty, she requested that a requirement that he report to the Police on a regular basis be included.
At Isaacs’s initial court appearance, the prosecution had opposed bail on the grounds that Isaacs fled the scene after committing the crime but later surrendered to the Police.
Additionally, the prosecution had requested that he be kept on remand for Saul’s safety.
The other VC is currently not in Guyana.
But since Isaacs had threatened to kill Saul in the past, Magistrate Weever on Monday noted that there was a chance that he may hurt her, and denied him bail.
Saul attended Monday’s court hearing.
These matters have been adjourned until November 17 for statements and fixture of a trial date.
Saul, a 48-year-old attached to the City Constabulary, received one gunshot wound to her left hand, and Wilson, a 50-year-old overseas-based Guyanese of Section C Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD), received a gunshot wound to his left thigh.
The shooting took place at about 19:15h on the day in question.
Information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) disclosed that Saul and Isaacs are co-workers, and were both on duty at the Bourda City Constabulary Outpost.
Overseas-based Wilson visited Saul at her workplace, and the two then sat next to each other chatting, much to the annoyance of the City Constable.
Isaacs, who was armed with the service weapon – a .38 revolver with six live rounds – reportedly became furious at seeing the duo together, and so pointed his firearm in the direction of both victims and fired three shots.
Saul and Wilson fell to the ground, while Isaacs fled the scene with the firearm.
The two injured persons were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital by public-spirited citizens, and were admitted as patients at the medical facility. (G1)