Misconduct in public office Winston Jordan to return to court in June; as axed NICIL head whereabouts under review

Embattled former Finance Minister Winston Jordan and former National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Head, Colvin Heath-London, are slated to return to court next month, when charges in relation to a case involving misconduct in public office are expected to continue.
Jordan appeared on Wednesday before acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty in regard to his misconduct in public office charge. His co-accused did not attend court, and according to the prosecutor, was not even in the country. According to the prosecutor, checks made with immigration have revealed that Heath-London is reportedly in Jamaica, and steps are being made to make contact with him.
This account was briefly disputed by Attorney-at-Law Dawn Cush, who is also representing Jordan. Cush explained that Heath-London has another pending matter, and usually ensures he is in the country for his court cases, though she too could not ultimately confirm if he was indeed in Guyana.
The Magistrate meanwhile suggested that the prosecution can ascertain Heath-London’s next court date. That way, she noted, the matter before her and a reporting day for an update on Heath-London can be fixed for that date.
As such, June 25 has been set for reporting on Heath-London’s status, as well as the continuation of Jordan’s case.
Jordan was charged with misconduct in public office in March 2025. It is alleged that Jordan, between February and June 2020, wilfully misconducted himself by vesting over five acres of land, valued at $150 million, at a grossly undervalued price.

Jordan later appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in her Georgetown Court on March 31, where was formally read to him a charge alleging that between February 25 and June 11, 2020, he wilfully misconducted himself in that he allegedly signed vesting order #69 of 2020, transferring over five acres of land at Plantations Goedverwagting and Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara (ECD) for $2,425,000, despite the property’s estimated market value being $150 million.
Jordan was not required to enter a plea to this indictable offence. In addition to Cush, he was also represented by Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde.
In December 2021, Jordan faced similar charges regarding the sale of state property to BK Marines Limited. That case, which involved the sale of the country’s largest wharf facility in Kingston, Georgetown, was dismissed in May 2023.
At the time, Jordan had been accused of signing a NICIL vesting order that transferred 2.553 acres of land to BK Marines Inc. for $20,260,276, despite the property being valued at over $5 billion.
Prosecutors allege that the transaction amounted to an abuse of public trust, as the property was sold at a fraction of its worth.
However, Jordan’s attorneys had successfully argued that the prosecution had failed to establish a key element of the charge: namely, whether he qualified as a public officer under the law.
Senior Magistrate Leron Daly upheld a no-case submission, ruling that the evidence was insufficient to proceed. The case was subsequently discharged, and Chief Justice Roxane George later deemed the prosecution’s attempts to reinstate the charge a “waste of judicial time.”
Meanwhile Heath-London, who as Head of NICIL at the time, has also been implicated by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) in the disposal of land, was dismissed from his employment in October 2020, soon after the PPP government had entered office.
Heath-London was arrested the following month, in keeping with a police probe into a number of questionable transactions done by NICIL. Several plots of State land were leased by individuals and then resold, resulting in huge profits.