CHIEF Magistrate Ann McLennan is set to make a ruling today in the trial of Savita Persaud, proprietress of the Liquid Love bar on Station Street, Kitty, who is before the courts for trafficking two Venezuelans and withholding their passports.

Persaud is on trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where the matter is being heard in camera.

Two of the charges allege that Persaud, between January 31 and March 8 this year, recruited, transported and harboured the two women for the purpose of sexually exploiting them at her Station Street, Kitty premises.

Another two charges allege that she also confiscated the women’s immigration documents for the aforementioned purpose, while the final one states that she employed a child, aged 17, on a premises that sells intoxicating liquor.

On Persaud’s last court appearance, the Chief Magistrate ruled that after going through the evidence led by the prosecutor, Inspector Neville Jeffers, in its entirety, she was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a prima facie case had been made out against Persaud for the offences, hence her being called upon to lead a defence in the matter.