By
Stabroek
staff |
Monday,
May 11, 2009
The owner of Bran’s Security,
Harold Brandford on Wednesday
appeared before Acting Chief
Magistrate Melissa Robertson on a
charge of attempting to pervert
the course of justice to
which he was not required to
plead.

It is alleged that on April 4,
Brandford, a father of three, of
South Ruimveldt, willingly
attempted to obstruct, pervert or
corrupt the course of
justice by attempting to persuade
Edwards Norman to change his
statement in a case that is
currently under police
investigation.
However, Brandford’s lawyer
Nigel Hughes applied for bail for
him on the grounds that his client
was unaware of the charge.
The magistrate then informed
Brandford that an arrest warrant
had been issued for him since
April 24 as he had failed to
report to the Criminal
Investigation Department, Eve
Leary, on April 8 for information
on the case.
Hughes then stated that his
client was out of the country at
that time and was not aware that
he had to return to the police
station.
The prosecution made no
objections to the bail application
and it was subsequently granted in
the sum of $75,000. Brandford is
scheduled to return to court on
May 8.