A murder accused was granted bail on Wednesday at the Matthew’s Ridge Magistrate’s Court but it was revoked before he could be released due to the intervention of senior judicial officials.
Magistrate Allan Wilson, who travelled to the Region One community to conduct two weeks of court hearings, on Thursday acknowledged he did indeed grant Neville Chandrawattie bail, but added that it was later recalled. He said the granting of bail was an “error.” He said the accused was granted a total of $1.575M bail on the remaining charges.
Chandrawattie, called ‘Sunil,’ had been charged with the 2007 murder of gold