'No bail for Seeram'
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October 6, 2026
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…High Court refuses pre-sentence bail application, as prosecution sides with defence in challenging magistrate’s ruling
(Kaieteur News) – High Court judge, Justice Joy Persaud has dismissed an application for judicial review brought on behalf of head of border patrol, Daniel Seeram, ruling that the decision of Magistrate Abigail Gibbs to refuse him bail following his conviction was neither unlawful nor irrational.
The ruling comes six months after Seeram’s appointment to lead the national border patrol unit and follows his conviction for assault causing actual bodily harm under Section 49 of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act.
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