Mendes: Let law take its course

LAW Association president Douglas Mendes SC, when asked about the arrests of former attorney general Anand Ramlogan and Opposition senator Gerald Ramdeen, says he expects the law to take its course.

“There are protections they are entitled to. The law will take its course.”

He spoke with reporters on Friday at a news conference on the topic of land fraud at the association’s Frederick Street, Port of Spain office.

Ramlogan and Ramdeen were arrested on Wednesday and their homes searched. Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau police are expected to seek the advice of Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard SC.

On Thursday in the Port of Spain magistrates’ court, Jamaican-born British QC Vincent Nelson faced charges of conspiring with Ramlogan and Ramdeen to financially reward Ramlogan for cases in which Nelson had represented the State. Nelson agreed to a plea bargain to testify against them. He was granted $100,000 bail and permission to return to the UK for his personal safety until his matter comes up again next month.