Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has dismissed an application filed by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, who was seeking to have former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan arrested without a right to be heard, and committed to be tried for the offence of misconduct in public office, which a Magistrate had discharged him of, after finding that there was not enough evidence to sustain the charge against him.
Though for different reasons, the Chief Justice affirmed the finding of the Magistrate that the prosecution had failed in discharging its burden of proving at the preliminary inquiry that there existed sufficient prima facie evidence warranting Jordan to be committed to the High Court for trial.
The case involved the controversial sale of prime waterfront properties located in Kingston, Georgetown, to prominent constructing and quarrying company BK Marine Inc., back in 2020.
