A Mon Repos businessman was today arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of conspiring to murder one of his business partners.
The charge against 36-year-old Gansham Boodram, also called ‘Kevin’ of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD), stated that between December 30th 2022 and January 30th 2023 in Georgetown, he conspired with a person or persons to murder Bryan Ogle.
During the court proceedings, the Police Prosecutor said that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) had issued a wanted bulletin for Boodram who turned himself in three weeks after in the presence of his attorney, Jevon Cox. The prosecutor contended that within those three weeks, checks and efforts to locate the accused all proved futile which indicated that the man was on the run.
The prosecutor also disclosed that a voice recording was released to the police where the plot to kill the virtual complainant, Ogle, was heard being discussed, and that although Boodram denied that it was his voice on the recording, the individual who he conspired with has since confirmed that it is Boodram’s.
The prosecution posited that if the defendant is to be granted bail then he might interfere with the investigation and the course of justice based on his financial capability.
After hearing that the prosecution was objecting to bail being granted to his client, attorney Cox rebutted the prosecution’s claim by stating that the allegation against Boodram was only made after an accusation was levelled on a social media platform that the man had paid someone to kill his business partner. This was then brought to the attention of the police.
Cox went on to say that his client had turned himself in 48 hours after the bulletin was issued and not the three weeks as alleged by the Prosecutor. He added that the prosecution has no evidence to support its claim that it is Boodram’s voice on the recording.
After hearing the arguments of both sides, Senior Magistrate Leron Daly who Boodram appeared before in court 2 said that she will remand the man on the grounds that a report of the attempted murder of Ogle’s wife in November last year was lodged by Ogle at the Kitty Police Station.
She then remanded the man to prison and adjourned the matter to March 8th, 2023.
