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The head of a local pharmaceutical company was today charged with selling an unregistered drug to the public hospital.

Lloyd Singh, Chief Executive Officer of the International Pharmaceutical Company appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Judy Latchman, where the charge was read to him. Singh was charged with selling the drug Rituximab.

The medication is an unregistered drug and is used to treat Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia and other ailments such as Rheumatoid Arthritis. The businessman whose address was given as Lot 226 ‘B’ Camp Street, on August 12, 2017, allegedly sold and supplied the unregistered drug, Rituximab 100MG/10ML to the GPHC. There are reports that the sale is in violation of the Food and Drug Regulation.

The businessman was released on $30,000 bail. He will make his next court on  July 27.

A Port Kaituma man was today remanded to prison for the murder of his reputed wife. The man 36-year-old man, Tyrone James appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he was not required to plea to the indictable charge of murder.

The court was told that on July 15, James at Water Front, Port Kaituma allegedly murdered his reputed wife 37-year-old, Evadne Baptiste.

Reports are that the James left Baptiste at a drinking spot on the Water Front when he returned, he could her dancing with another man. James then because angry and cuffed Baptiste to her head, causing her to fall to the ground in an unconscious state.

James then reported the matter to the Port Kaituma Police Station. The police transported Baptiste to the regional hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Baptiste death was given as brain hemorrhage due to blunt trauma.

A thirty-eight-year-old man was today sentenced to18 months in jail for stealing items belonging to his uncle. The man, Neville Haynes, of North East Lepenitence pleaded guilty when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The court was told that on April 10 last, Haynes was asked to keep a number of items by his uncle, but he instead fraudulently converted the items to his one use. The items entrusted to the man were: a refrigerator, a music set, a DVD player, 2 cell phones and a gold ring valued at $679,000.

The elder Haynes said when he returned to his nephew’s house, the doors were locked and he was told that the man was in police custody.

After collecting the keys from his nephew at the station, he could the mentioned items missing but he did find a receipt from the Elegance Jewelry and Pawnshop showing that the items were placed in pawn by Neville.

The men had an exchange of words in the court when his uncle told the magistrate not to show mercy to the accused.

The young man then said to his uncle” You just vex that ya get put out “.

The uncle laughed and replied to him ” I made a decision to move out…… you deserve 15 years.”

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly dismissed the charges against Andre Gomes, called ‘Zipper’ on the grounds that CANU prosecutor Konyo Sandiford failed to prove her case. He added that there was no evidence to clearly provide to the court of what transpired on the day in question.
Gomes was behind bars for the past five months, after he was charged and remanded for possession of 902 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Magistrate Daly who heard the case against the Craig Street, Campbellville businessman, ruled that during the trial, the eyewitnesse’s testimony which was told in court was discredited and the prosecution failed to prove the elements of the case, that Gomes indeed had the drugs in his possession. Another issue was that of the main witness, a CANU officer, who allegedly saw Gomes handling and disposing of the drugs in a black plastic bag through a window, but that was discredited through his testimony.
His attorney, Mark Waldron maintained throughout the trial that the drugs were not found in his client’s possession, but in an alleyway.