The charge against an employee of the closed down mini casino, Cyber King, will be officially withdrawn on Thursday.
Public Prosecutor David Tepai on Wednesday confirmed to the court that prosecution will withdraw the charge of obstructing a police officer against Raymond Ting due to insufficient evidence.
He however needs time to get the authority from the Director of the Police Prosecutions Service first before withdrawing the charge.
Private Lawyer Wayne Ghemu has earlier made a proposal to prosecution seeking withdrawal of the charge.
Now that prosecution has confirmed its position for the withdrawal, Deputy Chief Magistrate Shepherd Lapo adjourned the matter to today.
Ting was accused of halting police officers who accompanied the members of the Gaming and Lotteries Board from entering the Cyber King premise.
This was when members of the Gaming and Lottery Board and police officers went to serve the stop notice to the owner of the casino in April.
The new mini casino Cyber King that was operated at Crossroad, Henderson has been ordered to close its doors on 27 April this year, just days after opening its doors.
This followed a stop notice served to them by the Members of the Gaming and Lottery Board.
This is for allegedly operating unlawfully for the reason that the company has no commercial gaming permit issued by the Gaming and Lotteries Board.
The managing director of the closed down casino Ting Kwong Hing is facing charges of unlawful gaming and unlawful possession of instruments for gaming.
He is due in court on June 27.
He was being charged under section 10 of the Gaming and Lotteries Act.
By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN
