The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday set aside the conviction and sentencing of Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh, who was found guilty last year of paying herself just over $4.5 million in gratuity, on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
In delivering the court’s decision, Justice of Appeal Dawn Gregory stressed that it was the prosecution’s duty to prove the case beyond a reasonable and not for Baksh to prove that she was not entitled to the gratuity she paid herself as a Judicial Service Commission (JSC)-appointed employee.
