Magistrate warns CTTRC accused

They are Corporation chief executive officer Carol Dyal; Corporation chief engineer Barry Samaroo; County Superintendent Maniram Mohess; road officer Ian Gokool and businessman Mahase Sookai.

The four CTTRC employees were arrested last Friday and appeared before a Port-of-Spain magistrate on Monday who transferred the case to the Couva Magistrates Court where it was called yesterday.

Each are on $300,000 bail.

Yesterday, the five accused stood before Magistrate Cardinez-Ragoonanan when the case was called.

Court prosecutor Sgt Lincoln Bonnet said he had received information that threats were made to the virtual complainant (the person making allegations against the accused persons). The prosecutor did not name the virtual complainant in the matter.

Sgt Bonnet told the court that there is a report made to the Couva Police Station and documented in the station’s diary, that the accused Samaroo had threatened “one of the virtual complainants in the matter”.

He added that he (Bonnet) was in possession of the diary report.

Magistrate Cardenas-Ragoonanan proceeded to warn Samaroo to desist from making any contact,