FAZEELA Khan, 26, of Lot 247 ‘BB’ Eccles, East Bank Demerara, charged with obtaining money by false pretence, was granted $125,000 bail on Monday.She appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and pleaded not guilty to the charge that said, on Friday, February 7, at Vlissingen Road, Georgetown, she falsely obtained $400,000, by pretending to be in possession of DVD which contains sexual content of Trisha Persaud’s husband, knowing same to be false.
Police Inspector Michael Grant, prosecuting, said the defendant made arrangement to hand over the DVD to Persaud in exchange for the money.
He said Khan left her car approximately five feet away from the virtual complainant’s car to make the exchange but was apprehended by Police ranks.
The case was put off to March 10.