Files in Muslim scholar rape case reconstructed

Nezaam Ali

The police have completed the reconstruction of the files in the Nezaam Ali rape case and are now awaiting word from Magistrate Alex Moore as to when the matter will be reopened.

This is according to Divisional Commander Calvin Brutus who told Sunday Stabroek that the police and prosecutor are ready to recommence the matter.

“It’s ready… The magistrate who did the matter has to schedule the reopening of the case and continue the trial. I believe he is in another jurisdiction so we are waiting on that… We [the police] are ready and the prosecutor is ready,” he said when contacted for an update.

Brutus had said two weeks ago that the files were being