Attorney Prakash Ramadhar has welcomed the long-awaited laying of the 380-page Lynch report into the Paria diving tragedy.
The Jerome Lynch KC report into the February 25, 2022, tragedy, was laid before the Parliament by Energy Minister Stuart Young on Friday.
The Lynch report recommended that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) consider, including sufficient grounds to conclude that Paria’s negligence could be characterised as gross negligence, and consequently, criminal.
Ramadhar, who represented the Kurban family and the daughter of Yusuf Henry in the Commission of Enquiry, said only the DPP has the authority and power to lay prosecution of corporate manslaughter.
“I think the country deserves the opportunity to absorb the gravity of what will be conveyed therein, and hope the institution that has the responsibility to act, do so with the best possible respect for their duty.”
Ramadhar said he will use the weekend to study the report and host a news conference on Monday to declare his position.
Five LMCS divers, Fyzal Kurban, Kazim Ali Jnr, Yusuf Henry, Rishi Nagassar and Christopher Boodram were sucked into a 36-inch pipeline at Berth No 6 at Pointe-a-Pierre in February 2022. Boodram was the lone survivor.