Rose Hall Town girl admitted to bar

From left to right are Magistrate Alex Moore, Murseline Bacchus, Petal Sabsook, Surihya Sabsook and Justice Navindra Singh

Surihya Pennelope Sabsook is the latest attorney-at-law from the ancient county of Berbice to be admitted to the local bar.

Sabsook was admitted to practice in the Courts of Guyana on Thursday after her petition was presented by  Murseline Bacchus and accepted by Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court in Berbice.

Petitioning for the new counsel, Bacchus said that Sabsook was born in February 2, 1993 to Petal Sabsook. She attended Rose Hall Town Primary where she wrote the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination in 2004 and was awarded a place at St. Rose’s High but transferred to Berbice High School where she wrote 14 subjects in 2009, passing all before gaining passes in seven CAPE subjects at the New Amsterdam Secondary in 2011.