The High Court has ruled that there is no legal barrier preventing Magistrate Annette Singh from sentencing Samuel Hinds Jr.
The ruling was handed down yesterday at the High Court, in Georgetown, by Justice Navindra Singh, who also denied Hinds Jr’s application to stay all further prosecution against him.
Hinds Jr, son of former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, was found guilty by Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond last year of threatening and wounding his sister-in-law Tenza Lane.
It is the police’s case that Hinds Jr had called Lane a thief, threw her to the ground, stomped her in the face and dragged her by her hair around his house. The man had denied the charges.
Lane was also charged with assaulting Hinds Jr but was cleared after a trial.
After conviction, his sentencing was set for February 20th this year, pending the presentation of a probation report. However, this has since been delayed for numerous reasons, including the absence of Hinds Jr and/or his attorneys as well as the removal of Magistrate Chandan-Edmond.
Magistrate Singh was subsequently assigned the case and had requested direction from the
