ELAIRE ANDERSON IS to face trial on September 27 for producing an alleged fake will that bequeathed most of her children's deceased father's belongings to herself and her children.
Anderson appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday where the case was again mentioned.
Anderson, 27, of Olympic Way, Kingston, is alleged to have produced a new will two weeks after the father of her children had died. The man's wife, the complainant, had also produced a will, which made no mention of the accused and her children.
Appeared with will
It is alleged that in March 2004, two weeks after Michael Jacques was fatally shot in the United States, Anderson appeared with a will stating that she and her children, and not his wife and her two children, were bequeathed $7 million, five Kingston apartments, half of the matrimonial home, jewellery, a Lexus, a Toyota Tundra and a Toyota Forerunner.
Jacques reportedly found this strange as she also had a will, which made no mention of Anderson. She subsequently reported the matter to the Fraud Squad.
The investigators then submitted a file to the Question Document Examiner, whose team of experts examined Jacques' signature. After careful comparisons with other documents supposedly bearing his signature, which the man's wife had brought, they found the signature on Anderson's document to be bogus.
It is also alleged that on June 3, 2005, the accused was taken into custody, interrogated in the presence of her attorney and later slapped with the three charges. She was offered station bail of $150,000 with surety.
Presiding Resident Magistrate Martin Gayle extended her bail until the trial date.
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