Finding a number of publications made in 2017 by the Guyana Chronicle against proprietor of the SleepIn International Hotel Clifton Bacchus, Pasha Global Inc. and Yokohama Trading Guyana Inc to have been defamatory, Justice Sandil Kissoon yesterday awarded a total of $52.5 million in damages to the three.
According to a press release from Bacchus’ attorneys Manoj Narayan, Rajendra Jaigobin and Anuradha Deodasingh, the court found that the articles were maliciously published.
It said the court also found that the articles sought to give the impression that Bacchus had no independent legitimate source of income.
