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DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard, SC, is yet to receive the notes of evidence in the dismissed case involving United National Congress (UNC) deputy political leader and Caroni Central MP David Lee and a businessman related to the use of a vehicle tax exemption granted to Lee as an MP.

Gaspard confirmed his office had yet to receive the notes of evidence from the magistrates' court, as it was “not yet ready.”

On April 7, acting Chief Magistrate Christine Charles upheld no-case submissions by attorneys for Lee and firearms dealer Hugh Leong Poi. Charles ruled that the prosecution’s evidence did not cross the threshold to send it to the High Court for trial. That same day, Gaspard’s office initiated the two-step process for a judge’s warrant for the two to have the case possibly reinstated.