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Attack on Magistrate forces temporary court closure
– Colleagues renew call for improved security
Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond
In the wake of Wednesday’s brazen attack on Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond, her colleagues in the magistracy held an emergency meeting at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
While most of the magistrates refused to comment on what came out of the meeting this newspaper was reliably informed that the attack on Mrs. Chandan-Edmond was discussed among other issues.
The magistrates are said to have condemned the act, and are adamant that the administration needs to look more into their security.
The issue of poor working conditions was also given some attention during the discussions.
It was also noted that since the last attack on Magistrate Nigel Hawke, security for Magistrates was beefed up as was promised by the relevant authorities, but shortly after that had died down.
“This is what will happen again, we are the ones at risk and the security provided for us is minimal and the conditions we work under are very poor,” one Magistrate said.
While the meeting was in session, yesterday, all of the court rooms were empty. This was the case for most of the morning.
Meanwhile this newspaper was told that the Magistrates have since requested a meeting with the Chancellor of the Judiciary which is expected to be held sometime today.
Magistrate Chandan-Edmond was left battered and bruised when four masked gunmen held her up on a lonely stretch of road in Mahaicony and relieved her of cash jewellery and other valuables in what was described as a well-planned attack.
The Magistrate is convinced that the attack was not merely just a robbery.
She has since expressed fear for her life and those of her family.
The attack occurred about 15:30 hours Wednesday while the Magistrate was heading home from work in the city with her baby daughter and her babysitter, Surita.
The magistrate resides at Number Six Village, West Coast Berbice.
According to reports, the men who were in a dark-coloured Toyota AT 212 motorcar were coming in the opposite direction when they spotted the Magistrate’s vehicle.
They turned back and trailed the Magistrate’s vehicle from Novar, Mahaicony, and then launched their attack when the road was devoid of vehicular traffic.
Earlier this year Magistrate Nigel Hawke was attacked by gunmen at his Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara home.
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