Westford, ministry employee on $2M bail over attempted larceny, forgery charges

Jennifer Westford

Former Public Service Minister Dr Jennifer Westford and that ministry’s chief personnel officer Margaret Cummings were yesterday granted bail in a combined total of $2 million after being slapped with several counts of forgery and attempted larceny at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Both women pleaded not guilty after the prosecutor requested that the case be handled summarily and the court and the defendants had no objection to this.

Westford was read four charges of attempting to commit larceny, while Cummings’s charges were four counts of forgery. Both women took