Lawyers put Top Cop, CoI under scrutiny

From left are attorneys Selwyn Pieters and Glenn Hanoman

Attorney Selwyn Pieters yesterday charged that the police had “tunnel vision” while investigating the alleged plot to assassinate the president due to the intervention of Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud, while attorneys for him and the alleged plotter argued that there was no evidence to show that the investigation was less than diligent.

Pieters made the observation during his closing statement to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) investigating the alleged plot and the police force’s handling of the probe at the Department of Public Service on Waterloo Street.

Pieters, who represented news anchor Travis Chase, the reporter that interviewed Andriff Gillard, who accused his neighbour Nizam Khan of offering him millions to kill President David Granger, charged that Persaud’s involvement in the matter had affected the handling of the case.