This really chaps my hide. To serve in the military you need to be fluent in English. To serve as a police officer (or get into the academy in his case), you need to be fluent in English.
Now he needs a gaggle of interpreters.
During Friday’s hearing, Ben-Avraham requested supplementary Nepalese interpreters for Bhatt, indicating that guidelines mandate a single interpreter work no more than 30 consecutive minutes in a given hearing. A Sept. 20 bond hearing in the Bhatt case lasted approximately two and a half hours.
Ben-Avraham said for the upcoming trial Bhatt will need two or perhaps three interpreters. Irving said she would check with the Supreme Court of Virginia for interpreter availability.
Prosecutors and the defense in the Naresh Bhatt case will return to Prince William Circuit Court next month as the case inches closer to its scheduled December trial date.
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