(Demerara Waves) – United States (US) prosecutors overnight formally asked the Magistrates Court to bring forward the extradition hearing date for gold dealers Azruddin and Nazar Mohamed to this month.
The move came less than 24 hours after Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman set February 5 and 6 for the hearing to resume, allowing the defendants time to consider new evidence in the form of a statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd.
But already, defence attorneys Roysdale Forde, Siand Dhurjon and Damien Da Silva- say they now have iron-clad commitments and cannot agree to a change of dates.
“No explanation has been advanced for Mr Williams KC’s subsequent change of position on this night,” they told the court in a letter.
