IMRAN KHAN NOW TEMPORARILY FREE AFTER GRANTED BAIL

The businessman accused of maliciously assaulting that disabled man at a City nightspot has been granted high court bail. Javone Vickerie has the details from within the courts.

The accused, Imran Khan, is now temporarily free after High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon granted bail in the sum of $700,000. Attorney-at-Law Glen Hanoman had requested the case be tried in the High Court. As a condition for bail Khan was ordered to desist from making contact the family of the injured man. It was Attorney-at-law Latchmi Rahamat, who had been assigned as the Special Prosecutor in the matter, who informed the court that the relatives of Khan visited the victim, Romario Baljeet at his residence to settle the matter. Baljeet is still reportedly hospitalized. The 37-year-old Khan was arrested after he was reportedly seen on surveillance footage beating Baljeet on October 28 outside of Palm Court. Hanoman had questioned the reason for charge the instituted against his client. The video seen here reportedly shows Khan beating and kicking the disable man who was trying to make passage between Khan and several of associates who were standing outside of Palm Court. Police say that Baljeet was in the company of another friend when he was allegedly pushed to the ground by Khan whothen proceeded to kick him to his head repeatedly.It was further stated that the victim was later picked up by other persons and rushed to a private medical facility. Khan was also implicated in 2017 for reportedly pulling a gun on Trinidadian artiste; Rodney LeBlanc also called ‘Benjai.’