CN Sharma for High Court trial on carnal knowledge charge

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Carnal knowledge-accused Chandra Narine Sharma was on Wednesday committed to stand trial in the High Court for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl back in 2010. The decision was made by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the end of a preliminary inquiry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

CN Sharma
CN Sharma

The magistrate informed the court that a prima facie case had been made out against the popular television owner and talk show host. Sharma is also the leader of the Justice For All Party, which is part of the A Partnership for National Unity coalition.
The entire court proceedings were held in camera away from the public eye.
Back in April 2010, then Chief Magistrate Melissa Ogle-Robertson had remanded Sharma to prison when he made his first appearance in court on the charge. It was a scene of high drama: Sharma collapsed in front of the media cameras as he was making his way out of the prisoners’ chute. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he regained consciousness shortly after the incident. He was later granted bail in the sum of Gy$ 2 million.
In a sworn affidavit, the 13-year old girl alleged that Sharma had been sexually molesting her and her sisters, with the consent of their mother.
The girl said the abuse only stopped when she refused to return to her mother’s home. In the affidavit, the girl also alleged that Sharma molested her two older sisters and two younger ones (who were nine and five years old respectively at the time). The girl has said that she would receive Gy$ 2000 weekly from Sharma.
The child also stated that she was afraid of Sharma.

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