Berbice Criminal Attorney at law Mursulene Bacchus has been jointly charged with fish vendor Chandra Lakha Ramdass with conspiracy  to obstruct the course of justice .

The defendants appeared before Magistrate Krishndat Persaud at the Number 51 Court where they were not required to plead to the indictable charge, laid on advice of the Director of Public Prosecution.

Bacchus, 67 , of 90 Sheet Anchor, East Canje, was represented by Senior Counsel Marcel Crawford and Attorney at Law Dridnauth Perry Gossai; while Ramdas, 59, of 183 Hampshire Village Corentyne, was represented by lawyer Adrian Anamayah.

In a bail application, attorney for Bacchus has asked the court for their client to be sent on his own recognizance , as he was known, and not a flight risk.

However, Police Sergeant Michael Grant , prosecuting ,said during the investigations the duo were sent on self bail, but requested that bail be posted in a reasonable sum.

The charge stemmed from an allegation that the  defendants induced   Annette Samaroo, the spouse of a murder victim ,  to gave contradictory evidence at the preliminary hearings.

Reports revealed  that during the Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Gary Simon, in which Abousalm Azimulla, Gansnam Jagassar, and Devendra Harrichand were charged for the offence of murder, at the Albion Magistrate Court, the widow’s   testimony,  on October 25, 2005 ,was inconsistent with her statement which was given to Detective Sergeant 0951 Eustace Mc Cammon on December 19, 2004. As a result, she was  deemed, a hostile witness by the lower court.

A senior policeman stated that following investigations , the woman confessed of the  conspiracy plot  in which she was asked to falsify her evidence in order  that  the  alleged perpetrator  be discharged  from the offence.