Disclosure of the evidence used to lay a fraud charge against former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and the former General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) Rawlston Adams is expected to continue at the start of next month.
The two men were present at a Georgetown court yesterday when Senior Magistrate Leron Daly told them that their case would be called again on March 1st, when the summary disclosure will be presented to the court. This newspaper was informed that the pair received witness statements at yesterday’s arraignment.
The two currently face a joint charge, which states that between November 18th, 2016, and February 1st, 2018, at Georgetown, they conspired with each other and with other persons unknown to defraud the DHBC of $162,635,015, funds of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation Asphalt Plant Account, for a project about a feasibility study and design for a new bridge which was not a function of the said DHBC and for which the said money could not be used.