Private criminal charges have been filed against ministerial advisor Mervyn Williams for alleged damage to property and using insulting language stemming from a dispute over property.
The charges were filed by attorney Eusi Anderson on behalf of his client, Savitrie Benimadhu, who claims that Williams and his common-law wife, Sandra Persaud, have denied her access to property that she owns at Anna Catherina since 2013. Benimadhu, a retired teacher, has also initiated proceedings in the High Court to take possession of the property, which she said she had rented to Persaud for the operation of a charity, the Sunshine Women and Youth Organisation.
Benimadhu alleges that Williams maliciously damaged five padlocks, valued $17,000, at the Anna Catherina property. She also alleges that on one occasion Persaud
