A woman was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail by a city court after she denied forging a will to obtain property valued over $14 million.
The charge against Florence Marshall alleged that she, on May 3rd, 2017, in Georgetown, with intent to defraud, obtained property valued $14,418,067, upon or by virtue of a forged instrument; that is to say, a Last Will and Testament purporting to show that it was signed by Hubert Da Costa Burgess, knowing same to be forged.
Marshall pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to her by Magistrate Fabayo Azore.
Facts in relation to the matter stated that on July 17th, 2018, the accused was granted properties valued over $14 million, by way of a Last Will and Testament of Hubert Burgess, which was probated and administered.
It was later discovered by Sabrina Burgess, the daughter of the late Hubert, that the signature on the will was not her father’s. As a result, she reported the matter and submitted documents to the police bearing her father’s signature and which revealed that the two were not a match.
Marshall was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail by the court.
