NBS fraud PI hit with yet another delay

The final New Building Society (NBS) multimillion-dollar fraud preliminary inquiry (PI) has been hit with yet another delay, this time due to the absence of Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton who dealt with the matter adjourned the case to October 12 amidst objections from defence lawyer, Basil Williams, who pointed out that it has been more than four years that the case is before the court. “I ask that the court look at its diary,” he said.

The magistrate informed him that the clerk was