Today's Guardian reports that one Alisha Chunu has been held and charged with fraudulently extorting money from Rennie Coolman, husband of missing Xtra Foods CEO, "for the forbearance of charges against Coolman for his wife’s kidnapping and murder".
The charges (quoted from the Guardian article) are as follows:
The charges (quoted from the Guardian article) are as follows:
"The charges
- On April 4 at Pt Lisas she corruptly solicited $25,000 from Rennie Coolman as an inducement to the DPP in order that the said DPP forbear to prosecute the said Rennie Coolman for the alleged murder of Vindra Nailpaul-Coolman, the wife of the said Rennie Coolman who has been missing since December 19, and whose alleged kidnapping is being investigated by the police, a matter in which the State is concerned.
- On April 4 at Grand Bazaar, with intent to defraud did fraudulently obtained $25,000 from Rennie Coolman by falsely pretending that she was an attorney employed at the office of the DPP and that she had been assigned by the DPP a file in relation to the police investigation of the said Rennie Coolman’s involvement in the alleged kidnapping and murder of Vindra Nailpaul-Coolman, and that that file had been sent to Israel Khan, SC, to advise the DPP as to whether there was evidence to charge the said Coolman for the alleged murder of the said Nailpaul-Coolman and that the said $25,000 was to pay Khan, SC, as an inducement to him to advise the DPP there was no evidence to charge the said Coolman.
- On April 12, at Chaguanas, she corruptly solicited $50,000 from Rennie Coolman.
- On April 12, at Port-of-Spain, she corruptly received $50,000 from Rennie Coolman.
- On April 12, at Port-of-Spain, with intent to defraud did fraudulently obtain $50,000 from Rennie Coolman.
- On April 18, at Pt Lisas, she corruptly solicited $100,000 from Rennie Coolman.
- On April 18, at Grand Bazaar, she corruptly received $20,000 from Rennie Coolman.
- On April 19, at Grand Bazaar, she corruptly received $20,000 from Rennie Coolman.
- On April 19, at Grand Bazaar, with intent to defraud did fraudulently attempt to obtain from Rennie Coolman $20,000."
The single most important question that comes immediately to my mind: why pay the money if you don't have something to hide? Hmm....
