Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday ruled that the court could proceed with the trial of former Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford and ex-ministry personnel officer Margaret Cummings for charges of forgery and attempted larceny.
Magistrate Azore’s ruling was based on a submission by the defence for the charges against Westford and Cummings to be stayed. Magistrate Azore held that the defence’s argument that an executive abuse of power had occurred was an issue that could only be addressed at the High Court level.
The charges against Westford allege that between July 17, 2014 and June 23, 2015, while being employed as a public servant by the Government of Guyana, she attempted to transfer several government owned vehicles to
