The case in which PNC REFORM Chairman, Robert Corbin and parliamentarian, Jerome Khan were charged along with six others with provoking a breach of the peace, disorderly behaviour and obstructing a public entrance, has been dismissed.

Acting Chief Magistrate, Juliet Holder-Allen, yesterday dismissed the matter after attorney for the defendants, Fidela Corbin noted that the accused were all present in court, but the prosecution had failed to present any witnesses for the fourth consecutive time.

Police Prosecutor, Inspector Gordon Peters, told the court that all the witnesses, including Police Superintendent Leroy Brummell, Assistant Police Commissioner (AC) Larry George and Assistant Superintendent (ASP) Leon Fraser had been informed that they were to attend the proceedings but had failed to appear - with the exception of George, who was on leave outside the jurisdiction.

The matter had previously been called on August 8, when Fidela Corbin and defence counsel Roysdale Forde had entered not guilty pleas on each of their clients' behalf. At the time, Fidela Corbin had indicated that on each occasion that the case had come up for hearing, the prosecution had failed to present any witnesses.

The defendants were charged with committing the stated offences on April 9, while protesting the re-appointment of Dr Roger Luncheon as Head of the Presidential Secretariat, during the country's post-election unrest. They had initially been charged alongside 16 others, but that figure was reduced after some of the defendants pleaded guilty.