Berbice Carpenter murder PI... Attorney representing the five accused withdraws from the case.

Berbice Carpenter murder PI… Attorney representing the five accused withdraws from the case.

Jan 28, 2018 News

Attorney SanjeevDatadin

With the Preliminary Inquiry continuing into the alleged murder of Number 72 Village Carpenter, FaiyazNarinedatt, more surprising events took place on Thursday at the Number 51 Magistrate Court after defenceAttorney- at-law SanjeevDatadin withdrew his appearance from the PI.
During the proceedings Datadin was continuing from Wednesday, cross-examining witness Chris Bollers. It was during the cross-examination that Datadin requested the deposition from the Magistrate, CharleneArtiga, to put it to Bollers and wanted Stacy Gooding to tender it.
Gooding, however, told the Magistrate that a copy of the deposition is a public document that can be accessed readily at the Whim Police Station. Artigathen, agreed with the prosecutor. It was then that Datadinrequested an adjournment until next week. The matter should have continued on Friday.
This, however, did not sit well with the prosecutor as she said no to an adjournment for next week. She argued that the case has already been delayed long enough and that the prosecution was going to proceed.
Gooding, in her argument, stated that the witness is self-employed and the PI puts him and his family in a difficult situation when he is not working.
“The witness has two children, every time he comes here he is losing work and he is not getting a salary; he is working with himself”, the prosecutor explained.
She further stressed that the deposition is only a page long and questioned, “How long will it take him to read one page and put it to the witness?”. The court after going back and forth between counsel and the prosecution took a break and returned in the afternoon.
Datadin returned quoting the constitution, stating that there must be a fair hearing in a reasonable time along with the right facilities. He stated that he was denied that.
The Magistrate said that this is the second take they are having with the matter. It was noted that when the incident took place the witness had been called before and he was present. Artiga stated that there was no prejudice or unfairness meted out to the accused. She then refused an adjournment and stated “We are working until 4:00; he has to continue to cross-examine”.
Shortly after, Datadin announced “I am gonna withdraw my appearance. I am not going to appear any more”, as he grabbed his bag and exited the courtroom, but not before stating that Attorneys Durjon and Da Silva will be representing the accused.
Five accused – Orlando Dickie,,DiodathDatt, NiranYacoob, RadeshMotie and Harri Paul Parsram – all appeared yesterday.