Trial of former senior executive charged with indecent assault to begin this afternoon

Court Feature

Trial of former senior executive charged with indecent assault to begin this afternoon

By Naveel Krishant

Monday 15/03/2021

The trial of a former senior executive of a publicly listed company will begin this afternoon in front of Chief Magistrate Usaia Ratuvili.

The man faces 3 counts of indecent assault.

The prosecution in the case today filed for name suppression and closed court when the two victims give evidence.

The defence lawyer then asked for a name suppression for the accused as well.

The alleged incidents happened in 2019.

Two former workers had alleged that the former senior executive had indecently assaulted them.

The trial starts at 2pm.

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