A Special Reserve Police officer (SRP) and two Charlieville men were granted bail with a surety in differing amounts when they appeared before a Chaguanas magistrate jointly charged with common assault against a 47-year-old man.
SRP Naren Beharry, 30, of Joyce Road, Chaguanas, who last attached to Chaguanas Police Station, Sanjay Arshad Baal, 29, of Medford Street, Charlieville, and Nicholas Roopnarine, 27, of Gaindiah Street, Charlieville, appeared before Senior Magistrate Jo-Anne Connor in the Chaguanas Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Beharry also faces additional charges of common assault and possession of a firearm and ammunition to endanger life against four other male victims which occurred on June 18, 2018.
He was granted $400,000 bail while Baal and Roopnarine were granted $250,000 and $65,000 bail respectively to be approved by a Clerk of the Peace.
The matter was adjourned to July 23.
The 47-year-old victim, of Charlieville, was liming at a bar in the area around 9. 30pm on June 17, 2018, when he was approached by three men, one armed with a gun. The men proceeded to beat the victim about the body with the weapon before leaving.
Hours later, around 12.15 am on June 18, the armed assailant proceeded to Gaindiah Street, Charleville, where he fired several shots at four male victims— a 70-year-old, a 40-year-old, a 35-year-old and a 28-year-old. No one was injured.
A statement from the Policer Service said the two incidents resulted from an ongoing domestic dispute.
Investigations were supervised by acting ASP Richard Smith and acting Inspector Marlon Alexander, of the Chaguanas CID, while the trio was charged by Sgt Joseph Jagmohan, also of the Chaguanas CID following advice received from Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard