Cori Baynes

A San Fer­nan­do mag­is­trate yes­ter­day told me­dia pho­tog­ra­phers not to take pic­tures of one of the stu­dents charged with CXC fraud.

Mag­is­trate Ali­cia Chankar, pre­sid­ing in the San Fer­nan­do Fourth Court, gave no ex­pla­na­tion for her state­ment which left mem­bers of the me­dia with sur­prised looks on their faces.

Hol­lis An­tho­ny Koy­lass and Chase Chen Sing, for­mer stu­dents of Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do, and St Bene­dict's Col­lege La Ro­maine, re­spec­tive­ly, are charged with hav­ing pri­or knowl­edge and be­ing in pos­ses­sion of the CXC 2008 math­e­mat­ics and Eng­lish ex­am­i­na­tion pa­pers.

Chen Sing, how­ev­er, was not in court yes­ter­day.

Koy­lass was rep­re­sent­ed by at­tor­ney Ernest Koy­lass while a state coun­sel has been ap­point­ed to pros­e­cute the mat­ter.

At­tor­ney Koy­lass said he was ready to start the mat­ter, but Cpl Gilbert Kennedy, who laid the charges, said he would have his wit­ness­es ready for the next date.

The mat­ter was ad­journed to Oc­to­ber 16, for tri­al.