QC Nelson's corruption case goes to High Court
A formal charge against Jamaican-born British Queens Counsel Vincent Nelson has been filed in the High Court.
Newsday understands formal charging documents were filed by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions last week, which includes Nelsons plea agreement with the prosecution and his witness statement.
No date has been set for his plea agreement hearing at which time he will formally plead guilty to his role in an alleged conspiracy with former attorney general Anand Ramlogan and former UNC senator Gerald Ramdeen in connection with a series of financial transactions and alleged rewards involving legal fees paid to him for representation in state briefs, which he obtained while Ramlogan was attorney general.
Nelson appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates Court last Thursday on the three charges of conspiring to commit money laundering, misbehaviour in public office and conspiracy to commit an act of corruption.
Newsday understands formal charging documents were filed by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions last week, which includes Nelsons plea agreement with the prosecution and his witness statement.
No date has been set for his plea agreement hearing at which time he will formally plead guilty to his role in an alleged conspiracy with former attorney general Anand Ramlogan and former UNC senator Gerald Ramdeen in connection with a series of financial transactions and alleged rewards involving legal fees paid to him for representation in state briefs, which he obtained while Ramlogan was attorney general.
Nelson appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates Court last Thursday on the three charges of conspiring to commit money laundering, misbehaviour in public office and conspiracy to commit an act of corruption.
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