Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday dismissed the  six traffic charges against retired Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Acting Chief Magistrate dismissed the case after no-case submissions made by Gilhuys’ lawyer, Pamela De Santos. The magistrate stated that, “the evidence given was tenuous and insufficient.” She also highlighted that the virtual complainants in the matter had been absent from court.

Gilhuys appeared relieved when the magistrate was finished reading her judgment.

The former magistrate was charged late last year with six traffic offences after being involved in an accident. He appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on October 23 to face charges of being a careless driver, being an unlicensed driver, failing to produce a driver’s licence, having an uninsured motor vehicle, having an uncertified motor vehicle and having an unlicensed motor vehicle. He pleaded not guilty and was later placed on self-bail.

On February 10, Gilhuys’ lawyer, Pamela De Santos made no-case submissions saying that, “the evidence produced by the prosecution has not reached the threshold required by law and as such the defendant should not be made liable for any of the charges laid against him.”

Police Prosecutor Denise Griffith had however submitted that there was a case for Gilhuys to answer based on the evidence taken from police witness Corporal Albert who had given evidence regarding the measurements taken at the location of the accident.