THE trial involving former General Manager of the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (NGMC), Nizam Hassan and Felecia De Souza-Madramootoo, who are charged with conspiracy to procure money, is expected to conclude soon with only four more witnesses left to testify.

The matter is being heard by Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, with evidence being led by Police Prosecutor, Gordon Mansfield. The matter continues today (August 30.)
Hassan and Madramootoo are accused of paying themselves under false pretence, in relation to the approval of payments for low-graded rehabilitation works done on the NGMC building at Robb Street, Georgetown.

Hassan, 50, of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and De Souza-Madramootoo, 34, of Lusignan, another village on the ECD, have each been released on $250,000 bail.
The duo have been instructed to report to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Headquarters, Camp Road, Georgetown and to lodge their passports with the court.

It is alleged that between October 28, 2010 and April 25, 2012, they conspired with each other to commit the offence by continuously approving payments, which were made to the contractor of the engineering firm for works that were incompetently and incorrectly done with inferior materials, to rehabilitate the NGMC building at Robb and Alexander Streets, Bourda, Georgetown, knowing that such works should not have been approved.