ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Former prime minister Baldwin Spencer is calling for the resignation of Attorney General Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin who goes on trial on October 1 on allegations of passport fraud.
The prosecution had alleged that in 2008, Benjamin signed a passport application form and photograph of Jamaican Shane Anthony Allen, who claimed to have been Antiguan Tyrell Brann when he applied for and obtained the Antigua and Barbuda passport.
Brann had died earlier.
Allen and Lynda Brann, the mother of the deceased man, were convicted and sentenced to two years in jail as a result of the fraudulent activities.
“It is a conflict of interest situation. Quite frankly and under the circumstances Steadroy “Cuttie” Benjamin should not have been appointed Attorney General in charge of the police and all that while the matter was pending,” Spencer said.
