Georgetown : President Bharrat Jagdeo’s libel case against Kaieteur News Columnist, Freddie Kissoon, Kaieteur News Editor, Adam Harris and Publisher, Glen Lall today commenced in the High Court before Justice Brassington Reynolds.
President Jagdeo was represented by Attorney-at-Law, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, who led the Plaintiff’s first witness, Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon into evidence.
Dr. Luncheon’s cross-examination started but was adjourned to permit legal arguments regarding whether certain questions can be asked having regard to the state of the pleadings.
Legal arguments continued and concluded this afternoon and the matter was adjourned to August 24 at 9:30 am for continuation and ruling.
The matter stemmed from an article authored by Kissoon and published in the Kaieteur News on June 28, 2010 entitled, ‘King Kong sent his goons to disrupt the conference’, which refers to the Guyanese Head of State as an ideological racist. A libel case was subsequently made out against the columnist as well as the newspaper’s editor and publisher.
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