Georgetown: A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) activist of Sliver City, Linden, appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Linden Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with threatening to kill Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (rt’d) Claudette Singh.
Ryan Williams, 27, pleaded not guilty. He was charged under the Cybercrime Act. It is alleged that Williams on July 14, 2020, in Linden used his Facebook account via his computer system to threaten the GECOM Cahir Singh with the use of violence along with her family members.
It is alleged that Williams used a fake Facebook profile under the name Raheem Raahman to post a status which reads: “If you Claudette Singh think you will declare fraudulent votes so that the PPP will win, well think again bcuz you and everybody in ur house will f**king dead.”
Ranks from the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Cyber Crime Unit were able to trace the IP address back to Williams’ computer.
Williams was arrested at his Linden home and reportedly confessed to the crime under caution.
The Magistrate after listening to the case via a Zoom hearing released Williams on $500,000 bail and adjourned the case to August 3, 2020.
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