DETECTIVE Corporal Wanda Dutchin, aged 45 years, of Lot 24 B, Paradise Village, West Coast Berbice, appeared before New Amsterdam Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus, charged with corrupt transaction by agent. She was granted $30,000 bail.Earlier, her colleague, Sergeant Curtis Cort, swore to the accuracy of the police file in which it is alleged that on February 17, 2014, at Central Police station, New Amsterdam, she obtained from Shanti Devi Cumbraj $20,000 for herself as an inducement, for fore bearing to institute a criminal charge against Vedyekarran Sookraj for rape.

Subsequently, Police Sergeant Phillip Sherriff, prosecution asked that the Administrative of Justice Act be applied, allowing the case to be tried summarily.
As a result of the new application, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Meanwhile, in his application for bail Attorney at law Mursaline Bacchus said the defendant has been a policewoman for over twenty years and is an active member of the Guyana Police Force, now stationed at Brickdam Police Station.
Additionally, she has not been interdicted by her superiors, and had been placed on her own recognisance at the station level.
The matter is fixed for statements and fixture on April 20.