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High court proceedings in the criminal session in the Berbice High Court are expected to resume today. This was after proceedings came to a halt just after the beginning of the June sessions on June 18 which saw an unusual development.The session came to a halt due to the unavailability of the indicted persons and the witnesses none or most of whom could not have been located.When the session began,wholeslae cheap nfl jerseys china, one matter was heard and discharged. The jurors were asked to return on July 2,wholesale jerseys, last. However,cheap nfl jerseys china, when they did they were told to return on July 18,jerseys nfl wholesale, because there was no case to be presented.In court Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire who is doing duties in the Civil court and held for assigned Judge Navindra Singh had stated that the prosecution was not in a position to present any case as there were still difficulties in locating accused persons and witnesses and gave the July 18 date for a return of the jury.Earlier,cheap nfl jerseys online, in explaining the scenario, State Prosecutor Diana Kaulesar,cheap nfl jerseys, had stated that the state has to work with the list of cases that has been prepared by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and it is those accused and witnesses that cannot be contacted.She had stated that a number of the persons expected to face trial are on bail and the relevant witnesses cannot be located. They have either moved from their previous address through migration or otherwise. She had stated that radio messages had been sent out repeatedly and checks were made at the previous known addresses all to no avail. Some of the properties have been sold or rented and persons now living there are not familiar with those that occupied the premises before.Some 30 cases have been listed for trial at the June sessions of the Berbice Assizes.In the meantime there are 42 persons in custody awaiting trial. They have all expressed a willingness to have an early trial; of that list 37 are for murder. However most of those indictments are not ready as yet. |
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