The oldest case on the criminal Assizes list will have to wait a few more months.
Justice Indra Hariprishad-Charles ruled Monday that the case of Verna Maduro, the former comptroller of the BVI Tourist Board, will have to wait until June due to the illness of her lawyer.
Ms. Maduro previously pleaded not guilty to 188 charges, including theft, breach of trust, furnishing false information, and false accounting. Prosecutors allege that she used BVITB credit cards for as much as $500,000 in personal purchases. The trial was scheduled to begin Monday.
The case, which has been repeatedly delayed since Ms. Maduro’s October 2006 arrest, will now be heard on June 6, which Ms. Hariprishad-Charles called a “firm and final adjournment date.”
The justice granted the latest postponement after receiving a letter and doctor’s note from Sir Richard Cheltenham, QC, Ms. Maduro’s lead defence attorney.
See the April 7, 2011 edition for full coverage.