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Georgetown (AFP) Dec 28, 2010 A Guyana Defense Force major, his wife and a former officer were arraigned Tuesday on charges of plotting to topple the government, a capital offense punishable only by death by hanging. Prosecutors alleged that Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann Munroe and former reserve Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Wharton, plotted over the past year to force President Bharrat Jagedeo out of office. Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry remanded the trio to custody until January 7, when she will set a date for the preliminary inquiry to determine whether they should face trial. Defense lawyers said the charges were baseless. And Nigel Hughes, a member of the defense team, said Mrs. Munroe, a teacher and school owner, was schizophrenic and asked that she be detained under special conditions at a hospital or elsewhere. Police prosecutor Fazil Karimbaksh told the court that four witnesses would present evidence against the accused but asked for a two-month delay in the proceedings to prepare.
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