The bribery matter against Amerindian Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary, Sharon Hicks, was yesterday dismissed in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The matter was called before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly when the court was informed that the complainant has refused to offer evidence against Hicks.
Hicks, who initially appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, was charged in December of last year with accepting $200,000 as a bribe to process payment requests for the representative of a security firm. She was subsequently released on $100,000 bail.
The charge which was brought against her states that on October 7, 2021 at 251-252 Thomas and Quamina streets, Georgetown, while being an agent employed by the Government of Guyana, she obtained for herself, $200,000, from Heramainie Chintamanie as an inducement or reward for processing the payment requests for security services provided.
She had pleaded not guilty.
The woman, who had been functioning as permanent secretary of the ministry since 2020, was arrested after she was allegedly caught in a sting operation accepting a bribe from a contractor who provided security services.
