St. Vincent & the Grenadines: another charge laid against woman accused of wounding Prime Minister

The 56 year old woman charged with injuring St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves during a protest on August 5th, has been hit with another charge.

Annamay Lewis, a vendor, was granted station bail today, after she was arrested and charged with throwing missiles.

She will appear in court tomorrow to answer the new charge.

Her attorney, Kay Bacchus-Baptiste, says the police are “playing for time”, adding that she does not believe they have strong evidence.

The new charge comes as the prosecution failed to comply with the court’s order to disclose to the defence, by August 31st, the evidence against Lewis in connection with the charge that she allegedly wounded the Prime Minister.

Lewis was arraigned at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court, on August 9th, on a charge that on August 5th she unlawfully and maliciously wounded Gonsalves.

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