THE current June criminal sessions of the Demerara Assizes will now have to continue its trial list of 138 cases with only one of the two assigned judges. Justice Roxanne George is on leave and has left Justice William Ramlal to carry on, with only three cases concluded, to date.
Asked, recently, if another judge will take over the duties of Justice George, until she returns August 10, Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang said all the other judges have previously given assignments.
They are sitting in Bail Courts in Demerara; Berbice and Essequibo Civil and Criminal jurisdictions; Commercial Court, Chambers and presiding over undefended divorce cases, from October 1 to December 31.