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AN attorney who is currently facing fraud charges, and was suspended from practising last year, was yesterday ordered to serve 14 days in prison for contempt of court.

The sentence was imposed by Justice Frank Seepersad on Kavita Crystal Persad over her failure to repay more than $129,000 to a man who had transferred $109,050 to her bank account in 2022.

Based on an agreement between the two, Persad was required in turn to provide the man, Kyle Hope-Singh, a finance manager at Ben Industries Caribbean Ltd, with the equivalent in US currency.