Joint workshop for magistrates and prosecutors held

A joint workshop for magistrates and state and police prosecutors attached to the DPP’s Chambers was held on February 8, 2014 at the Guyana Police Force Officers’ Training Centre.

A release from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions said that the Chamber and the Magistracy hosted the joint training session on the issue of “Admissibility of Caution Statements,” oral and written, in cases of summary trials, preliminary inquiries (PI’s) and paper committals.

The workshop was addressed by Chief Justice Ian Chang and Madam Justice Roxane George,