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Twenty-eight-year-old Sherwin Lewis, a resident of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara,Matt Kemp Jersey, was not required to plead when Magistrate Fazil Azeez read him an indictable charge which stated that he unlawfully detained a minor.Sherwin Lewis as he exited the courthouse yesterdayAzeez, who yesterday resumed magistracy at the Vreed-en-Hoop Court,Brett Cecil Jersey, revealed that between Sunday,John Danks Jersey, August 9 and Monday, August 10 last, Lewis detained four-year-old Varsha Singh,Miami Marlins Edinson Volquez Jersey, with the intent of depriving Parbattie Motieram and Surujpaul Singh of possession of their child.The Magistrate pointed out that Lewis was not being charged for the crime of kidnapping as no ransom was demanded upon the child’s disappearance. He however did not fail to emphasise the fact that the charge laid against the accused was a very serious one.And based on information from an ongoing investigation into the matter,Arizona Diamondbacks Fernando Rodney Jersey, the Magistrate disclosed that he had been informed that additional charges were likely to be laid against Lewis.And if such a course of action is taken,Bud Norris Jersey, Magistrate Azeez noted that he could institute the Administration of Justice Act (AJA).Once the AJA is applied,Minnesota Twins Matt Belisle Jersey, the Magistrate revealed that he would commence a Preliminary Inquiry and that the accused will be allowed the right to plead.Azeez related, too, that he would reserve the right to refer the case to a judge and jury.However, Lewis was yesterday remanded to prison until next Monday when he is expected to make another court appearance.After disappearing from her parent’s home about three weeks ago, the missing child was rescued by a number of concerned residents last Friday who discovered that she was being held by the accused in a makeshift structure in an overgrown section of a burial ground.Lewis,St. Louis Cardinals Brett Cecil Jersey, according to reports,Luis Sardinas Jersey, was able to elude the angry residents but was later apprehended by officers of the Leonora Police Station. |
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