Police will be seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine what to do with Berbice school teacher Ronald Forde, whose committal to the High Court on four counts of sexual activity with a child was deemed a nullity because of a recent ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang.
Justice Chang had ruled on August 10 that paper committals, under the Sexual Offences Act, are unconstitutional as the accused is given no opportunity to defend him or herself at the level of the Magistrate’s Court.
As a result of the ruling, all cases made under the Act will have to be put on hold, pending an amendment. However, the National Assembly is in recess until October, so there
