Attorney General Anil Nandlall believes the Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed, is likely to face more charges following his release of video recordings of the shooting incident involving head of the Special Branch, Prem Narine.

On his Issues in the News programme, Mr. Nandlall criticized the Opposition Leader for the release of the video recordings, declaring that his actions are in clear violation of the law. he did not explain which specific laws may have been violated.

But he described the video release by the Opposition Leader as evidence tampering which is expected to form part of Court proceedings against him.

“Apart from bribing a Police officer, apart from maybe perverting the course of justice, because there is a trial in which this thing is going to be evidence, you know how another new set of circumstance, surrounding tampering with the evidence now and to this fella he has done nothing wrong. This is man is a threat to the public good and order of this country,” Mr. Nandlall said.

Mr. Nandlall rubbished claims by the Opposition Leader that there was an assassination attempt on his life when he came under fire from the Head of Special Branch head while at a traffic light after driving pass the home of the Special Branch head.

The Attorney General said Mr. Mohamed’s mere presence in close proximity to the home of a witness in a case he is involved in, constitutes a criminal offence.

“If anyone of you listening to me had bribed a policeman or the allegation is that you have bribed a policeman to get evidence, to get matters that are of an evidential nature in an ongoing criminal case, you will definitely be in the lockups as the policeman is. The police man is in the locks, he (the opposition leader) issues a statement and not a word mentioned about that police man and predicament he has put that has allegedly policeman in but in his house, while the policeman is in custody, where are the protest now,” Nandlall questioned.

The Attorney General said the issue goes beyond freedom of information and is bordering on serious criminal conduct.

“When evidence is unauthorizedly taken and handed to a defendant charged with a criminal offence in which that evidence is part of the case against that defendant, that is not whistleblowing, that is the commissioning of several serious offences by both parties,” Nandlall.

The Guyana Police Force has launched a probe into the release of the video recordings from its Command Centre. The Force claims that a 20-year-old Constable allegedly downloaded the video of the incident and delivered it to the Opposition Leader. The Police also claims the Constable was allegedly paid a bribe.

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