Former PM worker detained

The police yesterday detained a woman whose job was to coordinate the outreach community programme for former Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. Keith Mitchell.



The authorities said the woman was held after she was seen leaving the office with documents relating to government projects.



Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Lana McPhail, confirmed that staff saw Cheryl Williams leaving with a bag of documents from the office.



McPhail said this occurred shortly after workers were told that they should not remove or destroy documents from the computers or hard copy files.



McPhail said the police were called after Williams refused to hand over the papers.



She said appropriate action would be taken against Williams, if the documents were discovered to be those of the government.



On Tuesday, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) defeated the New National Party (NNP) in the country’s general elections.