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COUNSEL for former President Bharrat Jagdeo, who is suing Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon for libel, yesterday, agreed to an adjournment due to the ill health of other lawyer Mr. Nigel Hughes. Kissoon is being represented by Hughes, who suffered a heart attack in the Marudi Mountains (in Region 9) last Saturday and had to be airlifted from there to the city.
The case will resume on April 5 before Justice Brassington Reynolds, with Kissoon still under cross-examination.
It is understood that the proceedings were adjourned on March 11 for the defendant’s lawyers to properly advise him on how to conduct himself when answering questions in the courtroom.
The suit was filed by Jagdeo alleging that he was libeled in a June 28, 2010 Kaieteur News article headlined ‘King Kong sent his goons to disrupt the conference.’
Apart from Kissoon, the publishers of the newspaper and its Editor Adam Harris are also named as respondents.
Mr. Jagdeo is being represented by Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos and Mr. Sase Gunraj who, along with Defence Counsel Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan and Mr. Christopher Ram, were in attendance yesterday.
The case will resume on April 5 before Justice Brassington Reynolds, with Kissoon still under cross-examination.
It is understood that the proceedings were adjourned on March 11 for the defendant’s lawyers to properly advise him on how to conduct himself when answering questions in the courtroom.
The suit was filed by Jagdeo alleging that he was libeled in a June 28, 2010 Kaieteur News article headlined ‘King Kong sent his goons to disrupt the conference.’
Apart from Kissoon, the publishers of the newspaper and its Editor Adam Harris are also named as respondents.
Mr. Jagdeo is being represented by Senior Counsel Bernard De Santos and Mr. Sase Gunraj who, along with Defence Counsel Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan and Mr. Christopher Ram, were in attendance yesterday.
