Trial in GRA fraud case faces hurdle

One year after the trial into the 2009 multi million dollar Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) fraud case started, the prosecution last Monday asked for it to be aborted citing irregularities but according to the defence this is an attempt to correct “enormous defects” in the evidence.

Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos who was appointed special prosecutor earlier this year, based his arguments on the fact that the Administration of Justice Act was applied to four indictable matters although