Seeram Seeks High Court Bail After Assault Conviction

National Border Patrol Director Daniel Seeram has moved to the High Court seeking bail after being convicted of assaulting his former wife, Farzana Hamid, and remanded to custody pending sentencing.

Seeram’s bail application is scheduled to be heard on Monday, October 5, before Justice Joy Persaud-Singh. The judge has ordered that he remain at the Sparendaam Police Station lockups pending the hearing and has requested the magistrate’s reasons for the remand order and an affidavit of defence.

The application follows Friday’s conviction before Magistrate Abigail Gibbs at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, where Seeram was found guilty of assault causing actual bodily harm. He was remanded after his attorney, Nigel Hughes, unsuccessfully asked the magistrate to reconsider the decision to keep him in custody pending sentencing.