High Court action stalls C.N. Sharma witness tampering PI

Nov 16, 2010 News

The witness tampering charge against Chandra Narine Sharma and his five associates Ravi Mangar, Tyrone Ali, Mark Reid, Raywattie Ramsaywack and Doodnauth continued yesterday before Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond.
As a result of the constitutional motion which was filed in the High Court against the Attorney General, the matter was adjourned to November 24, pending the outcome in the higher court.
That charge arose from the previous allegation of carnal knowledge of a girl under 12 years old which he was facing.
Sharma and his five associates are charged with willfully attempting to obstruct the course of justice by removing two of the girls at the centre of the allegations against him from their known address and taking them to a house at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara, in order to prevent them from being questioned by the police in relation to the allegations.
The case was adjourned last week after Magistrate Chandan-Edmond was not in possession of stationery.
The Magistrate was eager to start the preliminary inquiry, when she was told by the court’s clerk that there was an absence of stationery.
The Magistrate then instructed the clerk to make checks for the papers. The clerk made frantic efforts to get the stationery, but failed. She had no option but to adjourn the case.
A special type of paper must be used by the magistrate to take the deposition. It is this paper that was not available.
Sharma’s case began in April before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson who refused him bail on the carnal knowledge charge. After being denied bail he collapsed in the prisoners’ chute and had to be rushed to hospital.
His lawyer, Vic Puran, had said that the prosecution was opposing bail on the grounds of tampering with the witnesses.
Vic Puran at the time of his bail application said that one witness was currently in protective care, adding that the state had the manpower to protect the witnesses.
Several days later, the embattled television broadcaster made yet another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, on that occasion to answer a charge of attempting to obstruct the course of justice and was placed on $100,000 bail.

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