After almost a year since being directed to lead a defence to a charge that they failed to comply with a court order, former Ministry of the Presidency Permanent Secretary Omar Shariff and his wife Sabeita Hardeo took the witness stand yesterday and professed their innocence.
Shariff and Hardeo, both of Dowding Street, Kitty, are currently on trial on a charge that on or before October 14th, 2016, at Georgetown, they failed to comply with a production order issued by then acting Chief Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards.
When their trial finally resumed yesterday in a Georgetown court, Shariff and Hardeo opted to give unsworn evidence before Senior Magistrate Fabayo as opposed to giving sworn evidence or remaining silent in the face of the charge.