Chief Mag­is­trate Sher­man Mc Nicolls has been served with a no­tice to ap­pear be­fore a Port-of-Spain Mag­is­trate to an­swer a charge of per­mit­ting a po­lice of­fi­cer to dri­ve his ve­hi­cle with­out a valid cer­tifi­cate of in­sur­ance.

Mc Nicolls and his dri­ver PC Sean Si­mon were is­sued with sum­mons­es to ap­pear be­fore Sixth Court Mag­is­trate Deb­bie Ann-Bas­saw on Sep­tem­ber 10. Si­mon was al­so charged with dri­ving a ve­hi­cle with­out a valid cer­tifi­cate of in­sur­ance. The charges were laid un­der the Mo­tor Ve­hi­cle and In­sur­ance Act, Chap­ter 48:51 Sec­tion 3:1.

Mc Nicolls presided over sev­er­al mat­ters at the Eighth Court yes­ter­day, mo­ments af­ter be­ing is­sued with the sum­mons. He was served short­ly be­fore 9 am yes­ter­day at the Port-of-Spain Mag­is­trates' Court by of­fi­cers of the Bel­mont Po­lice Sta­tion. Cpl Rakesh Ram­sook of the Bel­mont Po­lice in­ves­ti­gat­ed the mat­ter and laid the charges.