Mother, son charged with attempting to bribe cops

…son jailed for 1 year

A mother and her son had jointly been charged with attempting to obstruct the course of justice in an incident in which they allegedly attempted to halt an investigation into multiple robberies by offering a bribe to investigating officers.
The police have said that charges against Mahindra Girnandan, a 25-year-old labourer of Adventure Back Street, Essequibo Coast, and his mother Savita Anauge, a 51-year-old domestic worker of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, have been laid on Thursday, March 27, under Section 330 of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01.
The prosecutor detailed that while Girnandan was in custody on Sunday as part of an ongoing investigation into several robberies, his mother visited the police station and allegedly attempted to bribe two officers with $1.7 million in exchange for aborting the investigation.
Both defendants appeared on Thursday before Suddie Magistrate Tamieka Clarke and initially were not required to plead to the charges. But when the prosecutor applied to have the matter heard under the Administration of Justice Act (AJA) and the request was granted, upon the rereading of the charges, Girnandan pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in prison. Anauge, meanwhile, pleaded not guilty and was placed on $300,000 bail.
Her case will continue on April 17.