A fresh police probe has been ordered into how several Supreme Court documents came to be discovered in the Port-of-Spain office of attorney Mark Seepersad in 2010.
An initial investigation was launched after Seepersad found documents which he believed belonged to the High Court in his office in 2010. Seepersad said the documents were among several items left behind by attorney Gerald Ramdeen when he (Ramdeen) vacated the office in October 11, 2010. Seepersad and Ramdeen had shared the law chambers at Unit 1, 27 Stone Street, Port-of-Spain, but he (Seepersad) decided to dissolve the partnership.
An initial police investigation into the discovery of the court documents unearthed no criminal wrongdoing. In a statement on February 13, the judiciary said the matter "was referred to the police in November 2010, and "after the interview of various individuals, no further police action in the matter was found to be warranted.”
Ramdeen said he hoped the Judiciary’s release would put an end to this matter.
But Seepersad insisted that he was never interviewed by the police during their investigation and was unaware they had completed their investigation into the matter.
"A report on that investigation was submitted by the investigator 13364 Sgt. Guevarro, in February 2011, which was referred to the then Commissioner of Police, Dwayne Gibbs," said a police media release dated March 6, 2015. "Mr. Gibbs thereafter formally notified Court Executive Administrator, Ms Michelle Austin, of the outcome by letter dated February 18th, 2011."
It added, "The Commissioner of Police today, March 6th, 2015, appointed ACP Simon Lendor to review the case file and he has further been directed to interview Mr. Seepersad and any other person who may be deemed relevant to the investigation."