Radio personality Derek "Mr Slaughter" Pereira appeared in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court yesterday accused of assaulting his wife.Pereira, 37, of Salandy Street, Diego Martin, was granted $5,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Cheron Raphael in the Third Court charged with assaulting his wife, Axia.Pereira, also a soca artiste, pleaded not guilty.The incident is alleged to have taken place at a nightclub on Dundonald Street, Port-of-Spain, on Saturday night. Pereira was arrested and was granted $1,000 bail by a Justice of the Peace at the Central Police Station. The initial bail amount was reviewed by Raphael during yesterday's hearing.
After the charge was read court prosecutor Sgt Caren Arthur asked for a condition be attached to his bail to prevent him from contacting his wife. She said special arrangements would have to be made in relation to the couple's three children.Raphael denied the request but said if she received any valid complaint from Axia, conditions would be attached to the bail.Pereira was represented by defence attorney Ian Brooks.He would reappear before Raphael on September 2.
Meanwhile, A 23-year-old Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) employee appeared in court accused of defrauding his employer of almost $2.4 million.Ravi Samaroo, of John Street, Montrose, Chaguanas, was not called upon to plea to the 83 fraud charges when he appeared before Magistrate Gloria Jasmath, also in the Port-of-Spain court.Jasmath took a little under two hours to read the charges to Samaroo.
After reading them, Jasmath remanded him into custody and ordered him to reappear in the Chaguanas Magistrates Court on Thursday. Samaroo is expected to apply for bail during the next hearing. Samaroo was alleged to have committed the offences at RBC's Chaguanas branch between March 15 and June 12. Attorney Patrick Godson-Phillip appeared for Samaroo while Sgt Azard Ali was the court prosecuted.The charges were laid by Cpl Vinelle Bassarath of the Fraud Squad.
