Gold miner jailed, Bartica man remanded, mom of 4 on bail

Three individuals were taken before the courts this week on separate criminal charges ranging from unlawful and felonious wounding to narcotics trafficking. One was sentenced to prison, another remanded, and a third placed on bail.
Brian Joseph, a 41-year-old gold miner of Lower Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), was on Tuesday sentenced to one year of imprisonment after being found guilty of unlawfully wounding another individual.

Joseph was arrested on June 1 and taken to the Bartica Police Station and charged under Section 50 of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01. He appeared before Magistrate Teriq Mohammed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, where the indictable charge was read to him. He was not required to plead but was found guilty after the trial concluded.
Also appearing before Magistrate Mohammed on Tuesday was 40-year-old Asif Bacchus, an unemployed resident of Fourth Avenue, Bartica. He was remanded to prison after being charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Police arrested Bacchus on June 23, during a ‘Cordon and Search Operation’ in which he was allegedly found with 11.6 grammes of cocaine. He was charged under Section 5(1)(a)(i) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, Chapter 10:10.
Bacchus pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison until the next court hearing, set for August 19.
Meanwhile, in Georgetown, a 24-year-old vendor and mother of four was granted $75,000 bail after being charged with felonious wounding.

Alisha Adams of Waini Street, Meadowbrook Gardens, Georgetown, appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Monday. She pleaded not guilty to the charge, which alleges that on April 5, at Water Street, Stabroek, she unlawfully and maliciously wounded Jevenie Boutrim. Adams was represented by Attorney Lawrence Harris. The matter was adjourned to July 14.