Former Permanent Secretary of Ministry of the Presidency Omar Shariff and his common-law wife Savatri Hardeo will go on trial for allegedly failing to comply with a production order on March 6.
The trial date was set yesterday by Magistrate Fabayo Azore when the matter was called before her for a report and statements from Special Prosecutor Patrice Henry.
The charge against Shariff, 46, and Savitri Hardeo, 32, both of Dowding Street, Kitty, alleges that on or before October 14, 2016, at Georgetown, they failed to comply with a production order issued by acting Chief Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards after same was served by a marshal of the High Court to produce certain named documents within seven days to Assistant Commissioner of Police Sydney James, who is the head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). It is alleged that they contravened the order without reasonable cause.
