Marlene McDonald, a former government minister in Trinidad and Tobago, still faces six other fraud-related charges.
Trinidad and Tobago's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Roger Gaspard, on Thursday announced that he was discontinuing a charge of misbehaviour in office against former government minister Marlene McDonald.
But at a virtual hearing, Mr. Gaspard told Chief Magistrate Maria Busby Earle-Caddle that the six other charges, including three of conspiracy to defraud, two of misbehaving in public office and one of money laundering, would continue.
The notice of discontinuance was made according to the DPP's powers to discontinue any criminal proceedings undertaken by him before judgment is delivered.
Ms McDonald, a former public administration minister sacked by Prime Minister Keith Rowley in 2019, has been charged with four others on several offences of conspiracy to defraud the government.
The five faced 49 charges of attempting to defraud the government by allegedly procuring funds for a foundation under the guise that it was a charity.
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