COME September 13, Senior Magistrate Leron Daly is expected to commence hearing the trial of A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Member of Parliament (MP), Annette Ferguson, who is accused of cyberbullying.
Last month, Ferguson first appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that, on June 15, 2021, she used a computer system to humiliate or harass Colonel Omar Khan, a member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). She was granted self-bail.
The former government minister is being represented by attorney-at-law, Lyndon Amsterdam.
Ferguson was charged under Section 19 (5) (a) of the Cybercrime Act.
On June 30, 2021, Ferguson was arrested after the senior GDF rank made a report about a Facebook post which falsely claimed that he had been earmarked to be in charge of “a killing squad”.