Former United Workers Party (UWP) senator and Policy Adviser to the government of South Sudan, Africa, Dr. Thomson Fontaine has been granted a variation in his bail for the next four months to travel for work purposes.
Dr. Fontaine, who stands charged with inciting violence and obstructing justice for a riot in Roseau on February 7, 2017, following a meeting held by Dominica’s parliamentary opposition, UWP, is on $75,000.00 bail for the alleged offenses.
At the court sitting earlier this week, August 22, 2022, the matter was expected to commence, however, acting Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Sherma Dalrymple, told the court that Trinidadian attorney, Daniel Khan, who is one of the prosecutors in the matter, was absent as a result of travel difficulties into Dominica.
On the last occasion, August 8, 2022, Khan requested the earliest possible adjournment date for the matter insisting that the prosecution was prepared. Despite a plea from Dr. Fontaine’s attorney, Cara Shillingford-Marsh who stated that the two week adjournment jeopardizes her client’s employment status with the government of South Sudan, Magistrate Michael Laudat granted the prosecution’s request.
At Monday’s hearing, Shillingford-Marsh put forward an application seeking a variation in Dr. Fontaine’s bail which the acting DPP did not object to.
The defense counsel presented Dr. Fontaine’s travel itinerary to the court which showed that he will leave Dominica on August 29 and will return in December.
The application was granted and Magistrate Laudat ordered the defendant to collect his travel documents from the court on August 24. On his return to Dominica, he is to return his travel documents and surrender himself to the court’s jurisdiction no later than December 6, 2022.
In granting the application, Magistrate Laudat informed Dr. Fontaine that these conditions must be strictly adhered to.
When Dr. Fontaine was last granted a variation in his bail in May 2022, two of his bail conditions were breached. He failed to return to Dominica on the ordered date of July 26, 2022, due to travel difficulties and he did not surrender his travel documents to the court on arrival.
Notwithstanding what was deemed a “violation of the court order”, his bail was not revoked.
The matter was adjourned to December 9, 2022.
The fact that Fontaine told the truck driver not to going in the direction the police told him to go is obstruction in the execution of his duty.All over Roseau people put chairs,blocks,wood on the roadside to secure a parking spot,that is obstucting the smooth flow of trafgic.At a meeting held on Kennedy ave in Roseau on February 7 2017,certain speakers said”Dominica does not belong to Roosevelt Skerrit or Daniel Carbon””We can do what we want and the police cannot tell us what to do”After the meeting, during the burning and destruction of private and public property in Roseau,the exchange of gunshots with the police.One speaker was recorded as saying “What you see going on will not stop until Skerrit demits office or resign,that is incitement.Those truths are always the subject of Disclaimer and awaiting moderation.
No, that’s not incitement! It’s the naked truth! But the truth is something all you Red ants can’t live with. You for true are one small brained …….
The wicked Skerrit and moreBlack reminds me of Bishop and Cord of Granada. Wait and you will see
“Dr. Fontaine, who stands charged with inciting violence”
Well, I know that I am the idiot of all idiots; either I am stupid lack understanding and interpretation of Dominica laws; problem in this case is I don’t see how one can be charged with incitement, (inciting) and at the same time with obstruction of justice!
Obstruction of justice covers a wide range of actions and, depending on the circumstances, can be considered a misdemeanor or a felony. “Among actions an officer” may consider obstruction are interfering with or hindering an investigation, or an officer performing his duties. Influencing, or attempting to influence witness, judges, magistrates, or jurors.
Did Thomson try to influence a judge, magistrate, or jurors in rendering a false, fake
(bogus) verdict?
Dominica police and in general the judiciary are comprised of a bunch of stupid people, how can Thomson be charged with obstruction of justice, and incitement: only in Dominica! Ours are Monkey,…
WOW. The Saga continues. Free AFRIKAAAAA. Free MANDELAAAA !!!
Sometimes I can’t even find the strength to laugh at such stupid, foolish jokes!
How can one if they have any commonsense be asking to free a dead man?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
On 5 December 2013, Nelson Mandela, the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country’s first black head of state, died at the age of 95 after a prolonged respiratory infection. (He died at around 20:50 South Africa local time).
The entire continent of Africa is free; Dominica is the only place on planet earth where people are experiencing a form of slavery. Indeed, our people are existing in Roosevelt Skerrit bondage, since Dominica is the only place on the planet where people live in extreme poverty caused by Roosevelt Skerrit economic slavery!
I do not expect Gramoxone Francisco-Dog nor the other criminal ly minded UWP crooks and traitors to hear Fontaine admitt to obstructing the police.Fontaine is on record telling the police the truck will not go in the direction the police tell it to go.But the UWP supporters are like SOL,both eye on one side.
But, kindergarten graduate clown can’t you see your argument makes absolutely no sense; to me it is the same as the one which calls for the freedom of the late (dead man) Mandela!
” Fontaine admitt to obstructing the police.Fontaine is on record telling the police the truck will not go in the direction the police tell it to go.”
Can’t you see how nonsensical is your argument?
If indeed the police spoke to the truck, and not a human, then Thomson might have told the stupid cop, the truck could not here him/her since a truck is not a human with ears and a brain; nevertheless, a truck is a large, heavy motor vehicle used for transporting goods, materials, or people.
Guy call me poison; killer, or anything you wish:
I doh care because if a police officer is dumb enough to talk to an object in the form of truck, I am happy to be Gramoxone because you can use me to exterminate all the dumb oppressors of Thomson; magistrate and police
They are jealous of the man…
Burke My Brother I am cautioning you, you are suppose to be a God fearing man. You have no reason to Fear BLACKMOORE and SKERRIT, as long as you do what is Just and Right God will take care of you regardless if these guys renew your contract or not. Fear God Burke and He will aways provide. I am cautioning you the wrath of the Father is nothing compared to what these guys can do to you. FEAR GOD and He will protect you. The man is an innocent man do what is RIGHT.
George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm is fiction but not fiction. It is happening right now in Dominica.
One thing it has taught us that all dictators’ rule comes to an end and is not usual!y pretty.
Roosevelt, just like Adolf Hitler, Napoleon, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein you too shall meet your waterloo.
You forgot to mention Putin, Bashar Al Assad, Ayatollah Koemini, Eric Gary, Charles Taylor, Doe of Liberia.
Da court is a waste of time leave the man alone all you like ah waste of money pay civil servants that money all you wasting
But this is laughable!!!
Dat DPP is such an embarrassment to our court! De magistrate is just a rubber stamp.
You mean de big shot lawyer counsel
couldn’t come on a helicopter? Or a pleasure boat perhaps? Look excuse!!
This case doesn’t get half de degree of seriousness that it suggests!
It’s bogus! Can’t even get a chance in court…… when they have all de strings to pull!!!
I wonder if de Trini lawyer doh give up on this charade……he couldn’t get a flight to come into Dominican!!!
This is a circus!
The Skerrit Court is just too wicked and it’s just a matter of time before we hear and see their end. I start praying Psalms 91:8 over all these workers of iniquity of Skerrit and it’s just a matter of time before we just start to hear their end one by one.
Psalm 91:8
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
This is a plain case of gross INJUSTICE. This is a weapon of the witless Roosevelt and his goons. It has permeated the whole of society.
The two main factors that are responsible for this disease are GREED and SELFISHNESS. No where else is this more evident than in Dominica. The proof of this is very conspicuous.
Look at the lifestyles of the members of the cabal. Compare this with the commoner. The inequality is alarming. Perfect example is the lifestyle of Roosevelt, his nuclear family and that of Pennyman and Jimbo and his faithful wife. INJUSTICE at its worst.
Do you know what happened to the people who were in involved in operation RED DOG in 1981?Two(2) went to jail for Twelve(12) years,and one for five(5),charged with conspiracy to overthrow the DFP government.In December 1981eight former army men were involved in an attempt to overthrow the DLP government,two(2) were shot dead.one (1)was hanged,and the others spent fourteen(14) years in jail.When UWP was in power between 1995 and 2000 they fired the commissioner of police and his deputy because the believed the officers were supporters of DFP.The UWP was involved in so much corruption,victimization and greed,that they were KICKED out of office after only four,(4) and one half years,making them the shortest government to hold power in the history of Dominica.Karmar is when you victimize people and cannot get into power dispute the braying ofJAH KASSES
Dr Fountain don’t worry Karmar is a capital, B. You see in the USA Trump though he had the best of the best Liars they all falling one by one . Two of his Liars gone to jail already the third is on his way just a mater of time ,Giuliani the ganstar liar he soon join the others. America is a country of Laws and nobody is above the law not even the President . In Dominica you have a man changing laws like people changing their underwear as long it don’t fit them, only in Dominica . In the US plenty of them have to do jail time they falling one by one . In Dominica the so call Liars Magistrate they have doing their dirty work for them they all have to answer to the crime that they have committed to the people and country . Every law that you change to suit you , can be change against you . You can not stay in power for ever ,your turn is coming soon . In the US lawyers, judges, magistrate, they all go to jail especially when they get cut the rat always talk .
Persecution. Straight up persecution. How on earth can sellout Isaac be speaker of the house and Dr. Fontaine still be in jeopardy? This is corrupt and any sensible person will know for sure that the rule of law in Dominica is dead. People have good reason for not respecting Dominica’s judicial system.
Perfectly said Dread! Judas Isaac is charged with the same ‘crime’ as Dr. Fontaine, Linton, et al. He has been elevated to Speaker of Parliament because he changed his allegiance to the satanic LIAR. Meanwhile, his ‘co-conspirators’ are been tyrannized by a most corrupt judicial system.
Dominica government is infested with malfeasance, deception and corruption. and
Dr. Fontaine, best wishes to you.
When you are leaving this time, never set foot in Dominica again.
Take three stones and send them behind you.
One for Skerrit, one for the Carbon and the other for Laudat.
Only come back when this wicked and corrupt government disappears into thin air.
Dr. Thomson Fontaine, Mr. Lennox Linton, and all the others similarly charged, have no case before the court. This has been nothing but PERSECUTION and evil.
What is most concerning is that ALL fair minded and right thinking persons, including the lazy and local, biased media, know this to be wickedness and evil. But, either by cowardice, indifference or collusion, they stay deafening silent. Shame on you!
As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in Dominica, none of us should remain silent.
How much is this case costing the government to prosecute? You have a lawyer traveling from Trinidad to Dominica. The government has to cover his fees, lodging, food, per diem (?), transportation, plus whatever else he bills them. What exactly is the point of this exercise?
What a joke! The DPP and the Magistrate dancing to the tune of the Chief Clown. They don’t have the backbone to tell him, enough is enough and so far and no further. What has this country come to???
The civil servants in prominent and key positions have no clout, no power. They only have position. They have sold their souls to the devilish I-man.
I just have to repeat this and will never refrain from doing so. The media is the most influential entity in society. When the media is dormant corruption, injustice, dictatorship take firm root.
Dominica has managed to chalk up some dubious titles under Roosevelt’s gross mismanagement. It is the most corrupt, the poorest, has the most child sexual abuse incidents, lowest wages and salaries, fastest growing cases of vagrancy and mendicancy in the Eastern Caribbean.
This is irrefutable evidence that the people who wield power in government are nothing but corrupt, self-serving parasites.