ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, October 23 — Attorney Cajeton Hood has pledged to challenge acting Director of Public Prosecutions Howard Pinnock’s decision to discontinue criminal complaints against Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell and three other lawyers, disputing his reported assertion that no summonses were issued.

At a press conference Friday, Hood said he was preparing to contest the intervention in court, escalating a dispute over allegations involving Partners for Development Incorporated.

“He said it could be challenged. It will be challenged,” Hood declared, promising to work through the weekend to prepare his case.

The complaints name Mitchell, Andrea St. Bernard, Robert Branch and Teddy St. Louis. They concern alleged forgery, use of a forged document, money laundering, conspiracy and an alleged failure to report suspicious transactions. The allegations remain unproven.

Podcaster Jenny Simon, the complainant, opened Friday’s briefing by recounting Pinnock’s response in a GBN interview. According to her, he said his review found “absolutely no evidence” that the four had committed a criminal offense and that intervention was therefore his duty.

She also reported that he said the magistrate had neither issued summonses nor fixed an appearance date, and invited Hood to produce the summonses or seek judicial review.

Simon disputed that account. She said a magistrate reviewed the material on October 13, witnessed her signatures, and signed and stamped documents. A clerk subsequently told her to attend court on February 19, 2027, at 9 a.m., she said.

“She then asked me if we are going to serve or if we want the court to serve,” Simon recalled. After consulting Hood, she requested that the court serve.

Hood read from a document headed “Complaint on Oath,” which requested that the court summon and bind Mitchell and St. Bernard to attend court.

“The document has the magistrate’s signature and seal,” he said.

The underlying allegations concern a 2024 notice changing the directors of Partners for Development and its alleged use in subsequent land and financial transactions.

Hood also questioned why police did not refer the material for investigation before discontinuing the matter.

Despite his criticism, he acknowledged the accused persons’ rights.

“Dickon Mitchell and company are innocent until proven guilty,” he said.

The proposed challenge would put the legality of Pinnock’s intervention before the court.