A Port of Spain Magistrate was forced to transfer a case to another court …because one of the accused persons was her cousin
This as 3 more pupils appeared in court charged yesterday with having prior knowledge to the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations papers.
Cheron Raphael, presiding in the Third Magistrate's Court could not hear the case against her cousin Randall, of D'Abadie, and co-accused Randall Sandiford and Rudra Badree The trio was charged with the offence arising out of the breach in the CAPE Communications Studies Paper 11.
The matter will now be heard in the Port of Spain Fifth Magistrate Court before Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor.
Randall Raphael, who said that he has plans to continue his studies at University level when the new school term begins, was given an adjournment to next Wednesday on the request of his attorney.
He pleaded not guilty to having had knowledge of the examinations before presenting himself to write the exams at Fatima College on May 8.
Attorneys for both Badree and Sandiford asked for an adjournment, which they referred to as a "cooling off period".
The magistrate adjourned the matter to October 24.
Sandiford, of Chaguanas, pleaded not guilty to presenting himself at Fatima College, Mucurapo Road, St James, on May 8, having had prior knowledge to the exam papers. Badree, of Chaguanas, also pleaded not guilty to presenting himself to sit the CAPE Communications Studies Paper 11 at the Queen's Royal College.
On Monday, Scott Joseph and Nyron Toney, were each given 100 hours community service after they pleaded guilty to the offence.
And On May 23, Ministry of Education employee Arianna Lakatoo, 18, and her cousin, Mikel Torres, 20, were charged with having CXC tests papers before the examinations were held.
They were each granted bail in the sum of $1 million.
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