High Court Judge Navindra Singh has denied attempting to assault the Vice-President (VP) of Queen’s College during a visit earlier this month to the school. In a letter addressed to Marcel Gaskin, the Chairman of the Queen’s College Board of Governors, Justice Singh admitted to raising his voice at the VP and accused her of lying but says that at no time did he make any threatening advances. 
Justice Singh said he visited the school on November 11, 2022, to attend a meeting with education officials, parents, police officers and the principal in an attempt to resolve a matter involving a close juvenile relative of his and that of the Chief Education Officer, Dr Marcel Hutson. Guyana Standard understands that the two children were involved in an altercation.
However, the judge noted that when he arrived for the meeting, he was informed by the VP that the Principal was unwilling to speak to him because there was no appointment booked.
The corporal, who was also present, informed the VP of the purpose of the meeting, but the teacher replied that the matter had already been resolved.
Justice Singh said that his queries directed to the VP seeking details of the resolution went unanswered. He said he spoke “louder” to the VP, asking her the reasons for her not responding to his questions. He said he then accused her of lying, but at no time did he make any threatening physical advances.
“I can say without any doubt that I did not exhibit any behaviour that can be characterised as aggressive and further I had absolutely no inclination to assault anyone. I was confident that the police would deal with the matter and in fact did not seek to intervene in their investigation. I simply tried to query two statements made by the Deputy Principal to verify whether she was referencing my complaint and whether she was alleging that the matter was resolved with me.”
The judge added that at no point did the corporal or his female law enforcement colleague had cause to prevent him from assaulting the VP. He noted that CCTV footage can prove his innocence.
“As the Board of Governors, you certainly must have the authority to access the CCTV footage for that date and time and I will stand by that footage. Please give yourself and the public the opportunity to examine for yourselves and themselves my body language since you are apparently no longer looking for an attempted physical assault,” Justice Singh wrote to the Chairman.
