Two denied bail for shooting man in head

Arif Ali, 26, and Moussa Winston Peters, 22, both of Dow Village in California, appeared before Magistrate Alicia Chankar and were not called upon to plead as the charges were laid indictably. It is alleged that on July 30 at Railway Road in California, Ali and Peters and three other men shot Akeem McDonald in the head while in his car.

McDonald managed to exit the car and run away. The men, it is alleged, then set his car ablaze.

McDonald was treated at the San Fernando General Hospital.

Sgt Ken Ali and PC Anil Mohammed of Couva CID charged Ali and Peters with possession of a Taurus gun and 14 rounds of ammunition and possession of the gun and ammunition to endanger lives. The men were also charged with wounding McDonald with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm and malicious damage of the car.

Yesterday court prosecutor Sgt Vicki Ranjitsingh informed the court that a bullet is still lodged in McDonald’s head.

Chankar denied bail and remanded the men into police custody to reappear in court on September 8.