The trial of Dr Jennifer Westford, former minister in the PPP/C administration, and her former aide Margaret Cummings, into the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government, which was set for commencement yesterday, was put off owing to the misfiling of statements.
One of Westford’s attorneys, Neil Boston, asked the prosecution to fix the statements of those who are testifying. This objection came yesterday after the first witness, Andre Dazzel, the chief accountant of the Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Public Service, began to testify. During Dazzel’s examination by Prosecutor Vishnu Hunt, Boston realized that the filed statement did not synchronize with the testimony of the witness.
