Elderly man remanded to prison for threatening to kill President

A 64-year-old man of Triumph, East Coast Demerara (ECD) today appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann Mclennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, charged with threatening the life of the country’s Head of State, President David Granger.

Motilall Balkarran denied that March 20, 2018, he made a call to the 911 system at the Brickdam Police Station and threatened to kill President Granger by placing a bomb at his office at the Ministry of Presidency in Georgetown to cause public terror.

It is further alleged that he made use of threatening language by calling the 911 telephone line and threatened to kill the president. The elderly man denied both charges.

His lawyer, Tiffany Jeffery applied for bail on the grounds that there are multiple people living in her client’s home and that the police do not have any voice recognition systems in place to pinpoint her client as the perpetrator.

However, Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield objected to bail based on the seriousness of the charge.

The Chief Magistrate remanded Balkarran to prison in the interest of public safety. The case was adjourned to April 16, 2018, and transferred to the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court.