Man mulls suing State after being wrongfully charged for illegal gun, ammo

Charges for the offences of unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition have with withdrawn against Nyron Joseph of Lot 17 John Street, Newburg, Georgetown, by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Dexter Todd and Associates Law Firm has said.
According to a statement from the firm, their client was charged on February 1 with the offences after the Guyana Police Force’s Legal Advisor, Attorney-at-Law Mandel Moore found that there was sufficient evidence to prefer a charge against him.
When the matter came up for hearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, the law firm said that its defence lawyer, Dexter Todd, argued that Joseph had been wrongfully charged and that there were no statements by the Police linking him to the alleged crime.
As such, Todd requested that the case file be sent to the DPP for “proper legal advice”.
“The file was sent to [DPP] for review and returned on the 8th of March 2023 back to the Chief Magistrate where the matter was called again. The [DPP] ordered that both matters be withdrawn and discontinued,” the firm disclosed in a statement earlier this week.
Attorney Todd has since commended the DPP for her chamber’s swift action in “not allowing an innocent man to face an entire trial in which there could have been no hope for a conviction”. In light of this, Joseph is now considering whether he will take legal action against the Police Force/State for tarnishing his good character and name. (G1)