Magistrate to rule on no-case submission next Wednesday

CITY Magistrate Leron Daly is expected to make a ruling on a no-case submission next Wednesday in the matter against Carvil Duncan, a former director of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) who is accused of stealing from the company.The ruling on a no-case submission made by Duncan’s attorney Glen Hanoman was scheduled to be made on Wednesday by Magistrate Daly, but it was deferred until November 2.
Hanoman, a substitute attorney in the matter, has since requested that previous submissions made by his client’s former lawyer Charles Ramson Jr on August 17 be regarded as no-case submissions.
The prosecution is being led by Corporal Bharat Mangru.
Carvil Duncan, 73, of 1977 Williamstad Road, Festival City, Georgetown, is accused of stealing $984, 900 belonging to GPL on March 31, 2015.
It is also alleged that between May 7 and May 8, 2015, at Georgetown, Duncan conspired with former GPL Deputy Chief Executive Officer Aeshwar Deonarine to steal the sum of $27,757,500, property of GPL.
Duncan has pleaded not guilty to the charges and he is currently on $1M bail. An arrest warrant is out for Deonarine who has fled the country.
The charges against the accused stem from payments that were made by Deonarine and Duncan to themselves and which were uncovered by a forensic audit that was commissioned after the APNU+AFC Government entered office last year.
The money allegedly stolen by Duncan purportedly represents retroactive payments for his tenure on the GPL board.