Trinidadian High Court judge charged with driving under the influence of alcohol
Published:Monday | May 28, 2018 | 2:03 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A High Court judge in Trinidad and Tobago, who is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, will return to court on July 3.
Justice Kevin Ramcharan appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court on Monday, this after he was arrested following a vehicular accident in Maraval, on the outskirts of the capital.
Police said the judge was involved in the vehicular accident on Saturday night after his red Land Rover SUV crashed into another vehicle.
They said a breathalyser test was administered and he was found to be over the legal limit
But, when the matter was called up in court his attorney Keith Scotland said the judge’s lead attorney Senior Counsel Gilbert Petersen was out of the jurisdiction and would want to make submissions regarding the request to amend the charge.
The police prosecutor also informed the court that a lawyer from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions would have to be appointed.
The judge was granted TT$15,000 bail.
The 43-year old judge took to Twitter after the incident posting, “Have to take stock of my life and the foolishness I am doing,".
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