Investigators of the Vicky Boodram case are pursuing whether the "court documents" used in her escape originated within the judicial system - or where - and who authorised it, acting National Security Minister Stuart Young says.
At yesterday's weekly post-Cabinet media briefing, Young said the documents were not real.
Boodram, 35, staged a daring escape on Monday evening after she was removed from the Women's Prison at Golden Grove, Arouca, to attend an alleged "night court" session. She was accompanied by two police officers attached to the Court and Process Branch of the Northern Division.
The two officers allegedly had stamped and signed documents which they used to facilitate her removal from prison. Boodram is still at large.
Young yesterday queried how someone could get hold of the stamp used in court documents. He said it may not be difficult to do so, "but we hope procedures will be changed now following this situation."
He said he was a in a state of "shock and disbelief" when he heard of the escape, adding he'd spoken to the Commissioners of Police and Prisons immediately on learning of it via an Immigration memo alerting people to be on the lookout for Boodram.
He said he expected to get another update yesterday.
"As I've made enquiries, I believe there's no doubt people must be held accountable for what happened. There's been a breakdown and we await anxiously to see where it occurred," he said, adding the CoP is intent on pursuing to see who's accountable and to use the police service's powers of discipline.
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi said the overall situation shouldn't take too long since the "pot" of people involved in the matter isn't too large.
On anti-gang proposals being laid in Parliament today, Al-Rawi said these would facilitate prosecution of gang members via use of evidence such as recent videos of youths posing with guns and gold. Such people will be in trouble, he added.
Urging the Opposition to support the proposals, Al-Rawi added that if they didn't "...then the population will see who wants law and order and security for T&T or not. "
"We're using the same law they had. They must decide if they'll support their own law or explain to T&T why they won't and why they don't want to assist in enacting such law to protect citizens."