Chief Magistrate Judy Latchman deferred further examination of Permanent Secretary Sharon Roopchand-Edwards in the extradition request for Azruddin Mohamed and his father Nazar Mohamed, and ruled against adjournment of the case.
Nazar "Shell" Mohamed and his son Azruddin Mohamed left the High Court on 5 January 2026. The article was updated on Thursday, 3 September 2026 at 10:00 by Denis Chabrol.
Defence lawyer Roysdale Forde requested that aspects of his examination are interconnected with the United Kingdom‑United States Extradition Treaty, which is the subject of an appeal before the Guyana Court of Appeal. Forde succeeded in convincing the Chief Magistrate that the questions he would like to put to the Permanent Secretary cover issues relating to the objection and are “so interconnected with that very issue.” He cited several sections of the Fugitive Offenders Act and argued that several aspects of the extradition hearing are interconnected to the appeal. Forde said: "Ultimately the issues in the court of appeal that I’m respectfully asking your worship to exercise a discretion which has not been taken away by by the order (of the Guyana Court of Appeal),".
The Chief Magistrate said: "The ruling with respect to the assessment and the effect of the treaty is hereby deferred." She ruled against the entire case being adjourned, saying that would go against the Guyana Court of Appeal order that the extradition hearing must proceed but the magistrate must withhold her decision until the hearing and determination of the appeal. She said: "In any event Mr Ford, this court has to abide by the Court of Appeals’ decision, and the matter must proceed. That is the decision of the Court of Appeal, and this court will have to abide by that,".
Ms Roopchand will be informed about her return to court. Senior Superintendent Prem Narine, Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Special Branch (espionage) department, was called to the witness stand.
