The corruption kickback charges against former attorney general Anand Ramlogan, SC, and former UNC senator Gerald Ramdeen have been discontinued.

Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC made the announcement earlier today, October 10. However, the matter is still being heard before Chief Magistrate Maria Busby-Earle Caddle.

The decision was made because the State’s main witness, British King’s Counsel Vincent Nelson, stated that while he was willing to give evidence, he was not willing to do so until a civil-claim case against the State is concluded.

The two men were charged in 2019 with conspiring with Nelson for Ramlogan to misbehave in public office as AG. It is alleged that the former AG accepted money from Nelson as a reward for state briefs.

It was also alleged that Ramdeen conspired to receive, conceal, and transfer criminal property which represented corrupt rewards given to him by Nelson for the state briefs.