Two out of three refused bail
Dominica News Online - Saturday, September 15th, 2012 at 8:08 PM
Shawn Pinard, who appeared before a Roseau magistrate on the charge of unlawful trespassing and other charges, will need to get his house in order before he can be bailed.
While the prosecution is not objecting to bail, the court was furnished with a ‘default payment warrant” in the amount of EC$9,460.00 in Pinard’s name and he must first clear that amount before he’s granted bail.
In the mean time, Pinard remains on remand at the prison.
Another man, Clinton Honore Austrie, who pleaded guilty to possession of 70 grams of cannabis also suffered the same fate as Pinard.
Austrie, who was arrested by members of the “Task Force’ on September 13, 2012, told the court that the drugs were given to him by someone for a “pardner.”
Magistrate Ossie Lewis clearly did not believe his story and asked him “why do you have such a colourful record….?”
“You are in the prime of your life….43 years and your record is just not flattering,” Lewis told him.
Despite expressing remorse for his action and pleading to the court for mercy, Austrie was fined EC$1,200.00 to be paid forthwith or in default 3 months in jail. However, he too had “default payment warrant” of EC$2,000.00 pending against him for failing to pay a fine for theft.
Austrie was told that before he could be released he needed to clear the two thousand dollars plus the fine of $1,200.00.
In another matter Churchhill Henderson was granted bail despite objections from the prosecution. The 24 year-old Kings Hill man who has a pending matter in court for grievous bodily harm dating back to June 2011, is charged with battery on a police woman, obstruction and assault on a female police officer.
He is represented by attorney Wayne Norde.
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11 Comments
Simply put, due to this previous pending matter and now grievous bodily harm on a police offer, Churchill Henderson should not have been granted bail. Wait and see. He is not rehabilitated. He may re-offend and soon enough.
some of you people open ur mouth and is pure garbage her record is clean.prior to that incident there was never any report made against the officer. why wait for now to say that? your accusations are baseless.the two girls she arrested already beat a corporal of police who is their neighbor so do your research well……………
I support you 100%”on d fence” she’s alot of trouble, since she came to live at KIngshill she’s been doing alot of things, Kingshill have a few police officers both male and female living there before her and we have never had any alteration with any of them,people actually respect them all. To gain respet you have to earn it also you give respect to get it back…. LUKE you must behave yourself and act like a True and Proper Officer of the LAW
Is true. I’m from Kingshill. Instead she bring peace she causing war. Only to find out is a lil girl that there wi
They need to suspend that female officer from Kingshill. She needs some revision etc… That girl is trouble. That was uncalled for
no bail for those usless things in society!
Mister well mad to beat a WPC.
Assertive, NOT Agressive!
Alah, Alah, Alah Ossie! You mean to tell you allowed bail for the one that seems to be more dangerous to civilian while you refused bail for the other two who are really not dangerous? Churchill at age 24, already has a pending matter before the court for grievous bodily harm in June 2011, and just about a year later, is now back in court for battery on a police woman, and you gave bail to him? What if he fatally attacks another person? Charges against Pinard and Austrie are not as serious since they don’t pose a threat to society. In fact I would give them bail so they could arange to pay their pending offences.
Oh, I guess the reason Churchhill got bail is because he was represented by Attorney Wade Norde, who is believed to be a rising star attorney.
i thought our laws prevented the media from mentioning the name of an accused sex offender until that person is so convicted….
Have faith they will fall on their own sword. Once a p….always a p…. they are helping our stiff system who cannot, or refused to tackle the bail act for those repeat criminals allowing them back on the street ” AS well, for we have no bail act to deal with this calamity. But they are making the magistrate`s job easier, and that is welcome relief,to our law abiding citizens. God is not a Policeman, nor is he a Politician. “SMFH”. I worked too hard serving my country and ensuring the bad guys are put away for long period of time mind you, with no bail act. So what has changed in 2012? I leave that question for you all to answer.
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