Georgetown: Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield was granted $450,000 bail on three criminal charges relating to fraud, misconduct in office and breach of the public’s trust by providing results of the March 2 elections which he knows to be false.
The charges were filed privately on June 30 by People’s Progressive Party (PPP) member Desmond Morian and Member of The New Movement, Daniel Josh Kanhai. He was granted bail in the sum of $150,000 on each charge which accumulated to $450,000.
The CEO is being represented by Attorneys Nigel Hughes and Senior Counsel Neil Boston. Lowenfield was not required to plea to the indictable charges and is expected to appear in court again on August 14.
Lowenfield has been evading the authorities since the charges were filed on June 30. He was initially slated to appear in court on July 3 but did not show up after the court’s bailiff was unable to serve the documents on him; as such Magistrate Faith McGusty instructed the authorities to ensure Lowenfield is served before July 24.
He was finally served on Thursday at the GECOM Secretariat in Kingston, Georgetown.
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