Rondell Bacchus, accused of the murder of scrap iron dealer Akbar Alli at Brickdam, Stabroek last year, openly expressed his displeasure in a stream of expletives.
His protest disrupted all the active courtrooms and caused Prosecutor Robert Tyndall to leave his court to inquire what was happening downstairs.
However, he was greeted with profanity and threats. At this point Bacchus was seen forcing his way past a group of policemen, some armed, in order to get to Tyndall. Bacchus was then pushed into the chute leading to Magistrate Nigel Hawke’s courtroom and soon after he was heard shouting another series of expletives to the magistrate and court prosecutor Tyndall.
The magistrate then ordered that the prisoner be taken back to the lock-ups. The armed policemen were again seen leading Bacchus back to the chute and into the lock-ups while he continued shouting threats.
In the meantime, the court was in such an uproar that Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton had cause to leave her bench to see what was causing the ruckus outside her courtroom.
Bacchus after a while calmed down and Tyndall was seen ordering several members of the crowd that had gathered to clear the passageway.
The prosecutor later told Stabroek News that Bacchus would be “charged for his threatening language and disorderly behaviour.” He explained that he was the prosecutor in Bacchus’s case and because “I don’t mek joke with murder accused he behaved so, he again stop the PI.”
He noted that Bacchus was scheduled to make another court appearance for the Preliminary Inquiry into the robbery and murder of Akbar Alli.
Andrew Morris of 263 East Ruimveldt had also been charged for the murder of Alli. He had appeared before Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry last August who shortly after reading the indictable charge to him ordered that he be remanded to prison.
