THE Presses barely had time to cool, after last week’s Sunday Mirror exposé on the Rose Janneire land scam, before the People’s National Movement (PNM) Assistant General Secretary rushed to comply with a court order to repay a pensioner the sum of money she defrauded him.

The real estate rip-off surfaced when 69-year-old Arima resident Elwin Gay made a deal with Janneire -- who is also the executive assistant to the chairman of the Airports Authority -- to buy a parcel of land located at #1 Blanchisseuse Road.

However, when he tried to build on the land, he discovered that Janneire never owned the property, which still belongs to her blind mother, Rose Elaria Hillebrand.

Gay then took Janneire to court, where her lawyers chose not to enter a defence, and where a judgment was handed down on August 30, 2005, that she repay the money, plus costs.

Nearly a year later, Janneire finally went to Gay’s Bertha Street home to give him a cheque.

However, it seemed as if the top PNMite opted for caution and apparently took along a witness to the hand-over.

That person has been identified as Arima Deputy Mayor and President of the Carib community, Ricardo Bharath.

But he says he only went on the trip because he was acquainted with both parties, personally, and Janneire didn’t know where Gay’s house was.

But Janneire’s Friday visit was not the last.

Gay says despite his name being on all the legal paperwork, Janneire still spelt it incorrectly.

He then informed her and she prepared another manager’s check for $100,000, which she left at Bharath’s home last Wednesday, for him to deliver.