Newspaper reporter Sharon Lall, 22, is charged on two counts of attempted murder and is free on $150,000 bail.

Among the reasons for yesterday’s postponement was the absence of the flyer Yacoob Mazaharally (Jnr) and the other virtual complainant, Vidya Gooray.

Another factor was the replacement of the Police Prosecutor.
Sergeant Lloyd Thomas, who appeared for the Prosecution at Vreed-en-Hoop Court, West Coast Demerara, said Inspector Christopher Griffith, who was previously conducting the case, did not brief him.

Mr Parvatan adjourned further hearing until March 29, noting that Griffith was scheduled to contact the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

The magistrate said, if the cases were dismissed, the DPP would reinstate the charges and Mazaharally is making a mockery of the Court and the judicial system in this country.

Meanwhile, Mr Parvatan urged Lall to have patience and to try leading a normal life.

Mazaharally, employed with Air Services Limited and of Lot 19 Second Street, Cummings Lodge, was to have resumed his evidence-in-chief yesterday.

However, a second witness, Detective Corporal Downer, who was due to testify, will now take the stand on March 29.

Lall is alleged to have stabbed Mazaharally, 24 and Gooray, 45, while they and Gooray’s nine-year-old daughter were in a Cessna aircraft en route from Ogle, also on East Coast Demerara to Spring Garden, Essequibo Coast.