The offence was committed 13 years ago. Yesterday afternoon a jury found Nigel Ramlal, 39, of Point Fortin, guilty of forgery and uttering a forged document. Justice Carla Brown-Antoine remanded him into custody pending sentence. The penalty for the offence is a fine or jail term.State attorney Veonna Neale-Monroe, instructed by Victoria Manun, led evidence from nine witnesses in the case. She argued that on July 25, 2006, Ron Ramlal went to the Point Fortin police station and handed a sick-leave certificate to a police officer on behalf of PC Ramlal.

Before a jury of nine members and Brown-Antoine in the San Fernando High Court, retired ACPSamuel Jemmott testified that part of his responsibility was to document sick leave certificates for police officers. Jemmott testified that he noticed a zero had been added after the figure’6 and the letters “ty” to the word “six.”(Trinidad Newsday)…[+]