A husband and wife charged with allegedly harbouring a fugitive wanted for the attempted murder of his estranged wife were each granted $100,000 bail yesterday.
Rasheed Mohammed, 55, a handyman, and his wife, Marilyn Mohammed, 44, a housewife, appeared before San Fernando magistrate Ava Vandenburg-Bailey for allegedly harbouring Marilyn's brother, Roger Bissoon, also called "Bisoo", at their Palmyra home.
The couple was arrested after the police allegedly found Bissoon at their home last week Thursday.
Police had been searching for Bissoon who allegedly doused his estranged common-law wife, Rachael Chadee, with acid at her La Romaine home three months ago.
Rasheed and his wife were charged by PC Neil Nanan on Monday.
Yesterday, the magistrate read the charge to the couple but they were not called upon to plead to the indictable charge.
Laid under the Criminal Law Act 104, the charge stated: "Roger Bissoon having committed an arrestable offence, namely attempted murder of Rachel Chadee, Rasheed and Marilyn Mohammed on May 19, 2016 knowing or believing that the said Bissoon had committed the said offence or some other related offence without lawful authority or reasonable excuse harboured the same Bissoon in your house with intent to impede the apprehension or prosecution of Roger Bissoon."
Court prosecutor Sgt Kassiram Lutchman did not object to bail.
The couple's attorney, Andre Rajkumar, said they had no pending matters or previous convictions. Asking for reasonable bail, he said the couple has five children–ages six, 12, 13, 21 and 25–four of whom lived with them.
He said since their arrests the children have been staying with their eldest sibling. Rajkumar said the DPP preferred the charge against the Mohammeds on Monday.
He said they were not flight risks and were willing to comply with any conditions imposed by the court.
They were granted bail with clerk of the peace approval. The matter was transferred to the First Court for June 17 to coincide with the reappearance of Bissoon who was denied bail last week.