Prosecutor Shellon Jupiter on Friday responded to closing arguments made by the attorney for Carvil Duncan, the former Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) director who is accused of stealing almost a million dollars from the company.
During Friday’s proceedings, defence attorney Charles Ramson Jr was presented with the prosecution’s written response to his closing arguments, which had been made on Wednesday.
In his closing arguments, the attorney had stated that the prosecution has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Duncan did not receive authorisation to pay himself the $984,900 that he is accused of stealing from the company. Ramson Jr also argued that the charge was misconceived and the court has no choice but to dismiss it.
The matter was later adjourned to September 9.
Duncan is facing a charge that on March 31, 2015, at Georgetown, he stole $984,900, which was property of GPL. Duncan is also facing charges that he and another, on March 31, 2015, at Georgetown, conspired to steal $984,900, which was property of GPL, and that he, along with another conspired to steal $27,757,547 between May 7 and May 8, 2015, which was property of GPL.
The charges against him stem from payments that were made by himself and Aeshwar Deonarine. The $984,900 allegedly stolen by Duncan represents retroactive payments for his time on the GPL Board.
