Blackouts disrupt hearings at city magistrates’ court

Operations at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court were briefly hindered yesterday because of intermittent power outages.

The first blackout was experienced at 10:40 hrs, causing acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to leave the bench. The prisoners were removed from the docks back to the holding facility on the lower flat.

The magistrate, who sits in Court One, later returned to the bench some 10 minutes later and continued working though the electricity had