Canal man granted $100,00 bail on attempted house lot fraud charge

Horatio Williams
Horatio Williams

Thirty-year-old Horatio Williams of Mes Delices, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara, who was remanded to prison in May for the offence of attempting to commit a felony, appeared last week before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was placed on $100,000 bail.

Williams was arrested on Monday, May 20, at the Ministry of Housing, Brickdam, on an allegation that he attempted to defraud another man of $250,000 as payment for a plot of land.

Williams appeared virtually via Zoom before the magistrate who placed him on bail with the condition that he reports to the Brickdam Police Station every other Friday. His next court appearance is on July 19.