Mother of girl killed in fire, in court

Mother of three, Alicia Harry, 32, together with two other accused women, Janelle York, 27, and Nelly Mohipath, 22, appeared before Magistrate Cheryl Ann Antoine, jointly charged with the offences.

The charges against them alleged that exactly one year ago, on November 3, 2015, they committed acts of grievous body harm during an altercation with relatives at Uquire Road, Freeport. The virtual complainants __ Elijah Ramoutar, Akiel Harry and Anton Harry __ were absent from the hearing yesterday. The charges stemmed from a domestic dispute amongst relatives, police said. After Antoine read out the charges yesterday, prosecutor Sgt Bennet Sgt Lincoln Bonnet told the court that he had no instructions on how to proceed with the matter. WPC Baptiste of the Freeport Police Station laid the charges.

On Tuesday, when the funeral service for Anisha was in progress at the family’s home at Freeport, police attempted to execute a warrant for her mother Alicia Harry.

However it was not executed on the bereaved mother who instead went to the Freeport Police Station and gave herself up the following morning (Wednesday). Hours later, Harry together with the two co-accused appeared in the Couva court before a Justice of the Peace (JP) who adjourned the case to yesterday.

The JP granted them $150,000 bail to be approved by a Clerk of the Peace. Each of the women were granted $50,000 bail and the case adjourned to December 1.