The three persons accused of treason was today freed of charges, despite special prosecutor, Vic Puran’s assertion that the matter is “far from over’.
Those freed are Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol and a former Reserve Officer, Leonard Wharton, after a decision of insufficient evidence to face trail by a judge and jury was ruled out by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine Beharry .
The trio who were accused between December 1, 2009 adnd December 16, 2010, of intending to step a war aimed at forcing the President out of his office, in order to compel the Guyana Government to change its measures, were arrested in 2010.
Major Munroe and Wharton both credited his legal victory to the Almighty according to a source from Demerara Waves online.
Magistrate Sewnarine-Beharry agreed with the Defence's no-case submissions and she cited precedents in other countries to disagree with the prosecution's application for the particulars of the charge to be amended to include reference to an overt act.
The matter to re open the Preliminary Inquiry in the case is now left to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Hack.
