Trial of accused in VIP cocaine plot still to begin

Mahendra Ramsuchit

The trial of ex-ministerial aide Kenroy Joseph along with a couple, Mahendra Ramsuchit and Rohbina Basdeoram, who are accused of a plot to smuggle cocaine out of the country, is yet to commence some six months after they were charged.

When the three accused made another court appearance yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court 3, where the matter was set for trial before Magistrate Judy Latchman, the proceedings were adjourned to September 14th, which is now the date slated for the