Dhanraj trial September 17

A NEW DATE has been set for the trial into the murder of the former Chairman of the Rio Claro Mayaro Regional Corporation Hansraj Sumairsingh on December 30, 1999. It is now scheduled to be heard before a High Court Judge in the Port-of-Spain First Assize court on September 17.

The date was set after Singh’s attorney appeared before Justice Herbert Volney in the Port-of-Spain First Assize court  yesterday. Singh’s attorneys Karl Hudson Phillips QC, Ravi Rajkumar and Jennifer Hudson Phillips, held a late evening conference on Monday to decide whether to challenge a decision by Director of Public Prosecution, Geoffrey Henderson to transfer Singh’s case to the Port-of-Spain Assizes. However no objections were raised by the attorneys. Singh’s trial began in the San Fernando Supreme Court last month, but was aborted by the trial Judge Melville Baird due to legal technicalities on March 20. The State was represented in yesterday’s  matter by Devan Rampersad and Angelica Teelucksingh.