Nandlall trial delayed

Jun 09, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News, http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....dlall-trial-delayed/

-as court grants time to defence counsel to review case file
The commencement of trial of former Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall, who is accused of stealing $2M in LexisNexis Law Reports of the Commonwealth belonging to the Ministry of Legal Affairs, has been put off until June 20, as a result of the court granting time to two Attorneys-at-Law to review the case file. The trial was scheduled to commence yesterday.

City Magistrate Fabayo Azore granted another adjournment date upon request of Attorney-at-Law Devindra Kissoon, who disclosed that he and Senior Counsel Neil Boston were only retained on Wednesday, and that they needed additional time to review the case file in relation to the matter.

The other Attorneys include Murseline Bacchus, Bibi Shaddick, Odai Ramischand, Priya Manickchand, Adrian Anamayah, Euclin Gomes, Sase Gunraj, Manoj Narayan, C.V Satram, L. Mark Conway, Sasha S. Mahadeo-Narayan, Rajendra R. Jaigobin and Glenn Hanoman.

Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) prosecutor, Patrice Henry was however ready to proceed with trial having two witnesses ready to testify.

Before the new trial date was set, Attorney Hanoman disclosed that the prosecution did not serve all statements on the defence, and argued that it is prejudicial.

There was a bit of disagreement between the battery of lawyers and the prosecutor in setting a date for trial, after some of the lawyers claimed they had matters fixed in other courts on the dates proposed by the court.

In one instance, the prosecutor disclosed that he has a matter before the High Court on a date suggested by the Magistrate.  Nevertheless, the Magistrate fixed June 20, and affirmed that the trial will commence then.
The former AG has been released on self-bail.

According to Nandlall, when he took up the post as AG he did so at a loss, and it was for that reason he agitated for the state to pay for the Law Reports. He had said that the arrangement received the blessings of then-Head of State Donald Ramotar.

However, investigators are contending that because the books were bought with state funds they cannot be the property of Nandlall, and in fact, the state should not have entered into such an arrangement in the first place.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs is contending that there is no evidence of the agreement between Nandlall and Ramotar, and even assuming that there was such an agreement, the use of public funds in this manner is a flagrant violation of the Financial Management and Accountability Act (FMAA).

It was only recently that Nandlall sued Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams for $125M for what he saw as libelous and slanderous claims in relation to the said Law Reports; he also secured a Conservatory Order from the Supreme Court, preventing SOCU from seizing the Law Reports.

Demerara_Guy posted:

Nandlall trial delayed

Jun 09, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News, http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....dlall-trial-delayed/

The Ministry of Legal Affairs is contending that there is no evidence of the agreement between Nandlall and Ramotar, and even assuming that there was such an agreement, the use of public funds in this manner is a flagrant violation of the Financial Management and Accountability Act (FMAA).

The gist of the matter which rests on an extremely fragile base.

Basil shitting in his Pants. The great Nandalall will make a FOOL of him AGAIN!!!!!!!!!

The persecution of the PPP by this thuggish PNC regime proves they are not serious about stability, unity and progress.  Don't they see, every time the harass the PPP boys, is mo licks like peas pon den rass!

They think Burhman thuggery will bear fruit, but it will lead to a quicker demise than the first time!

The PNC boys are barking up the wrong tree, them Indo PPP boys will teach them a lesson on law. No work for them to do ,so the are fighting over expired /outdated law books, give them the books, they are too dumb to read.They will use the pages to wipe their asses.

The PPP boys are like celebrities, making the news every day. Nandlall soap opera is never ending. I don't know why people have confident in Nandlall that he will make a great president. This guy have too much baggages and skeleton in his closet.

Cobra posted:

The PPP boys are like celebrities, making the news every day. Nandlall soap opera is never ending. I don't know why people have confident in Nandlall that he will make a great president. This guy have too much baggages and skeleton in his closet.

How I wish others also see this and acknowldege.

cain posted:

Cobra posted:

The PPP boys are like celebrities, making the news every day. Nandlall soap opera is never ending. I don't know why people have confident in Nandlall that he will make a great president. This guy have too much baggages and skeleton in his closet.

How I wish others also see this and acknowldege.

It's my opinion only. Everyone opinions count also. You and I cannot force fed our thoughts into others.

Cobra posted:

cain posted:

Cobra posted:

The PPP boys are like celebrities, making the news every day. Nandlall soap opera is never ending. I don't know why people have confident in Nandlall that he will make a great president. This guy have too much baggages and skeleton in his closet.

How I wish others also see this and acknowldege.

It's my opinion only. Everyone opinions count also. You and I cannot force fed our thoughts into others.

An opinion is a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

Cobra, we all saw,read, heard (fact and knowledge) of the various shenanigans this fellow Nandalanda had been involved with over the years..this crap about Law books is just a tip of the iceberg, some of his other actions were worse than this and you, like myself and many others intelligently formed an opinion of him. My question is, why can't others see this man in the same light instead of looking upon him as their hero?

Furthermore, you know that you and I don't usually see eye to eye and I've always been vocal about it going so far as putting you down even calling you names but today I stand with you and your opinion. I do not try to antagonize you by calling you a fool who worshiped him in the past. This is the difference between those who spoke out against the PPP and those who place them all on a pedestal and now when we speak out against the present govt when we see wrong, we are being ridiculed.