Witness suffers stroke while testifying

The scene outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday as Colin Stewart was being placed into the ambulance.

An ambulance had to be summoned to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts complex yesterday after a witness suffered a mild stroke while giving evidence, raising concerns about the absence of a medical outpost at the facility.

Colin Stewart was in the witness box in the court of Magistrate Judy Latchman when he fell ill.

It was later reported to Stabroek News by a relative that the man had suffered a mild stroke.

Stewart made his way to the door of the courtroom unassisted and just as he exited he alerted his friend,