Magistrate Alex Moore files $50M lawsuit against DPP for defamation

Magistrate Alex Moore is seeking $50 million in damages from Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, for defamation of character.

This publication has been informed that the decision to sue Ali-Hack stemmed from a letter which was sent to the Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings Edwards, and Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George captioned: “Re: Conduct of Magistrate Alex Moore in the charge of the Police vs. Marcus Bisram for the offence of murder, Contrary to Common Law.”

Magistrate Moore is contending that the letter has significantly injured his character, credibility, and reputation, which has led to public ridicule, distress, and depression, among others.
Besides, it is stated that the letter contained the word “malice,” prior to the claimant taking up duties in Berbice. The claimant indicated that Ali-Hack made false statements of him when he was a sitting Magistrate at the Sparendaam Court. In fact, the claimant said that the Police Commissioner was requested to send all files from the claimant’s court to the defendant since “he is doing things that he has no authority to do.”
Moreover, Magistrate Moore outlined in the court document that the DPP is said to have wrongly accused him of dismissing cases even though the majority of witnesses were present.
Also, he noted that the DPP claimed that he was abusing his powers by instituting fines instead of imprisonment.
Concerning the letter referencing “Marcus Bisram,” DPP’s Ali-Hack has been pushing to have Bisram committed to stand trial for the murder of carpenter Fayaz Narinedatt.
Bisram was accused of ordering the death of Narinedatt between October 31 and November 1, 2016. On March 7, 2017, an arrest warrant was issued for the US-based Guyanese, who was overseas at the time.
The warrant was issued on the allegation that Bisram instructed five other men – Harri Paul Parsram, Radesh Motie, Niran Yacoob, Diodath Datt, and Orlando Dickie – to kill Narinedatt because the carpenter rejected Bisram’s sexual advances towards him.
The five men have since been committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder. However, the charges against Bisram have been dismissed. However, after the charge was dismissed, Ali-Hack had ordered the Magistrate, who dismissed the charge, to commit Bisram to face a trial in the High Court.
This led to him being rearrested. That committal was recently quashed by High Court Judge Simone Morris-Ramlall, who ruled that there was insufficient evidence to continue the charge against him. As such, he was freed.