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Guyanese businessman Peter Morgan who is facing sentencing on a drug trafficking charge in the United States of America will have to wait a while longer to know his fate.Morgan was scheduled to be sentenced yesterday by Senior Judge Edward Korman,Enrique Esqueda Mexico Jersey, in the US District Court,Hector Herrera Mexico Jersey, Brooklyn.He had entered a guilty plea to three counts ranging from conspiracy to import/export,Enzo Roco Chile Jersey, distribute a controlled substance (cocaine).Court clerk,Pa Konate Sweden Jersey, Paula Marie,Giovani dos Santos Mexico Jersey, told reporters that a new date for the sentencing will be announced soon.She informed that Judge Korman was out of the circuit and will return some time next week. She suggested that a new sentencing date will have to be fixed for some time near the end of the month. She herself would be out of the court next week,Eugenio Mena Chile Jersey, she said.Morgan had entered a plea bargain a few months ago and is awaiting sentencing.A group of Guyanese journalists who had traveled to the United States had assembled in the courtroom in anticipation of the sentencing.However,Adam Lundqvist Sweden Jersey, they were disappointed when the clerk informed that it was put off.They used the time though to cover the matter involving the Guyanese and Trinidadian who are charged with plotting to blow up the pipelines of JFK International Airport. (Dale Andrews in New York) |
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