Senior Counsel Darshan Ramdhani Q.C. acting on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions yesterday made the following statement of “fact” to Magistrate, Ms. Sherdel Isaacs, presiding over the trial of Keith Lowenfield, Clairmont Mingo, and Roxanne Myers.
“When you consider the matter, please consider this a relevant fact that these matters are grounded in allegations of elections misconduct and the accused persons cannot be tried fairly in the High Court.
“No one will ever have a fair trial in the High Court in political matters. We know what the politics of Guyana is like. Guyana is a politically polarised and ethnically divided society. No jury would be impartial in political matters.”
Her Worship Ms. Isaacs has invited the Senior Counsel to layover authorities and submissions in support of this contention.
