Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) boss Khurshid Sattaur yesterday withdrew a threatening language charge against Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall, leading to accusations that he was wasting taxpayers’ money and making a mockery of the judicial system.
When the case was called at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, Lall pleaded not guilty to the charge and it was subsequently dismissed after Magistrate Alex Moore informed that Sattaur had withdrawn his complaint.
Sattaur had accused Lall of threatening him during a telephone call on August 29.
Lall’s matter was to be called at 9 am but Magistrate Moore announced that “the jacket had faltered on its way to the court” and the case was stood down.
When the matter was eventually called,