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FORMER attorney general Anand Ramlogan, SC, and attorney Gerald Ramdeen will not have to go through the preliminary enquiry process on corruption-related charges stemming from an alleged legal fees kickback scheme.
Instead, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today indicated its decision to bypass the process and have indictments filed against the attorneys directly at the High Court.
That revelation was made by senior State prosecutor Mauricia Joseph when the matters came up for hearing virtually before Chief Magistrate Maria Busby-Earle Caddle.
âLet her stayâ:Â Attorney Gerald Ramdeen
Ramlogan and Ramdeen are both accused of conspiring with Jamaican-born British Queenâs Counsel Vincent Nelson for Ramlogan to misbehave in public office during his time as attorney general under the Peopleâs Partnership administration by accepting sums of money representing a reward from Nelson for him being granted State briefs.