State prosecutor Sanjeev Datadin yesterday made oral submissions to the court in the continuing matter in which Ravi Mangar and Mark Reid are accused of tampering with witnesses in the CN Sharma carnal knowledge case.
A May 10 adjournment was subsequently granted when both the defence and prosecution will present their written submissions to the court.
When the case was called on Thursday last, only defence counsel Mark Waldron made oral submissions. When called upon, however, Datadin told the court that the prosecution was not yet in a position to make its submissions after which yesterday’s date was granted.
Waldron has entered an appearance for Reid, while Mangar is being represented by attorney Vic Puran.
It is on this ground that the defence re-emphasised that it will maintain its position of making a no-case submission.
The prosecution closed its case in the matter on April 14 as the preliminary inquiry came to an end.
The matter against the two accused stem from the alleged carnal knowledge of two females for which Chandra Narine Sharma has been charged.
On April 26, Sharma was charged with attempting to obstruct the course of justice.
It is alleged that on April 15, he knowingly attempted to obstruct the course of justice by removing two of the girls at the centre of sex abuse allegations against him from their known address and taking them to a house at 123 Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara in order to prevent them from being questioned by police.
Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid-dmond is presiding over the matter at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
