A former employee of Auto Trade Ltd is now an inmate at the Dominica State Prison on remand for theft after he was denied bail in a Roseau court.
Michael Bunche, who resides in Bath Estate, was arrested when he returned to Dominica from an overseas trip, on Wednesday, November 28.
Bunche is alleged to have stolen over $36,000 dollars from that institution between January and March 2012.
In court Police prosecutor Inspector, Claude Weekes, strongly objected to bail stating that Bunche was “a flight risk” because he has obtained employment overseas and was due to leave the island within days.
“He was being sought after for a while but always keeps evading the police,” Weekes told the court. “He was picked up on his return from Barbados at the airport based on a tip off. His passport is not with him and he has already gotten a job overseas to depart the island soon so he is a flight risk.”
The court was also told that the monies in question are yet to be recovered by the police as investigations into the matter continue.
Bunche is represented by Glen Ducreay and Wayne Norde in the matter.
Ducreay, in response, told the court that his client was not a flight risk even if his passport was not in his possession. “The passport is with the US Embassy in Barbados and we can make it available to the court as soon as it is returned to us. He has to eat and should not be denied a job … bail is now being used as a punitive measure,” he said.
The court was also furnished with documents by the prosecution about the work which Bunche is supposed to take up next week.
Magistrate, Candia Carette-George, told Ducreay that the alleged offence is “very serious and all was in place for him to leave the state and that he already had a contract for a job.”
The matter is set for trial on May 17, 2013.
The magistrate also disclosed that she was recusing herself from that matter.
Meantime, Nola James Peters of Fields Lane, Roseau, who earlier this week was denied bail for handling stolen goods amounting to more than $48,000, was further denied bail and remanded in custody. The prosecuting team led by Inspector Claude Weekes argued that since more persons were being sought by the police and the gold, which was allegedly stolen, was yet to be recovered, that Peters should continue to stay on remand.
Her lawyer, David Bruney, stated that his client was “innocent and she was being denied her constitutional right to bail.”
After much argument from from both sides, the magistrate upheld the objection to bail for Peters.
If it is true that the Nassiefs own:
1. Fort Young
2. Pizza Hut
3. KFC
4. Auto Trade
5. Island Rent A Car
6. Nassief’s hardware store
7. Save a Lot
8. Patty Shack
Perhaps it is time to investigate monopoly laws in Dominica? Looks like a new-age plantation to me!
nobody is preventing you my buddy from opening your business in those fields sir/madam
you forget archipelago,land,springfield trading,safe haven et al…….
DNO you see this is the problem when you publish incomplete and poorly researched articles. All the facts are not presented so your dedicated readers can make informed opinions and comments. But it is interesting to see how many here side with the alleged thief without knowing all the facts.
Another mentioned about some case nassief lost against the sister of the accused like that is any proof that she or brother is innocent. That’s the thing about the law, because you win a case doesnt mean you are innocent.
Dominica is infested with white collar crime that is a fact.
Another fact is Dominicans continue to prove their immaturity as a nation with their boring age-old gripe against the upper class. Way too many of you secretly love it when they are stolen from but all you do is strengthen and, unfortunately, provide validation of the stereotype that if you poor and black or come from that backgrund, you will steal. Bad enough your politicians prove that daily.
Grow up!
And because you make such blanket statements about Dominicans needing to grow up and all your other gripes doesn’t make you right or any more intelligent than your super ego that have you bursting at the seams. It’s your opinion and that is all it ever will be so take a chill pill.
what do you mean if he or his sister is innocent?
Is it fair that employees of an employer have to pay for expired goods. Is it fair that at the end of the month it is automatically removed from the little salary that you rightfully earn.
As a child, you ever learnt of hit back?
what you talking about nuh?
No honey, their is no grip against the upper class.
In the first place there was no upper class. They created the impression that they were upper class. and becuz our ancestors didnt know better, they believe….but not in those days, those days, generation are more aware…i leave my post
From November 2011 to now the company realize money missing? “Evading the police” is just another strategy used to dirty Micheal’s name!! Auto Trade heard Micheal had a new job overseas and wanted to see him fail, so they came up with that scheme to block his success! He is a wanted man and a poster with his name and picture was not in the airport? He passed through Customs LEGALLY and was not stopped, and only by a tip off the Police knew he left?! Doesn’t that sound fishy? Murderers are given bail and they leave the country. That should be considered more a ‘flight risk’ than a man who is arrested for ALLEDGED theft! Mr. Carette, a man of your standard should not be speaking in such a manner! Open your eyes and see the truth! Micheal, my prayers are with you! I hope your family is hanging in there! God bless you!!
This is so very wrong, people that murder how much people getting bail n michael not getting bail?That is so unfair. But they trying to frame him but the lord is on his side so he will get his justice and as for those people that responsible for this God will punish them, and i want God to give them a severe punishment. People doesnt spoil people name like that. So even though d man going overs and get his job? alu want him to stay d rest of his life working for also stupid company. I so pissed off waht i would say they wouldnt put my comment
Boom u really to finish to talk….. wonder how much KArl Paying allu hahahaha but one day just one day it takes….. does the public know that Bunche sister won her case against SAVE ALOT ahhhhh is this pay back hmmmmmm when u all don’t know what’s going on shut up!!!! allu crying down Michael bla bla bla NAssief don’t give a damn about u all stop crying down a black man geez as for Weekes so disappointed in you then ppl will around and say SKERRIT this n that but is ALLU so that have DOminica corrupt !!!
micheal was a very honest,hard working,dedicated man.ok.i can boldly say that cause i could always rely on him when i need a vehicle.its sad that auto trade/nassif would try so much to ruin this man’s good name. nassif knows well enough that the day he fired micheal WAY BACK IN 2011!!!! that alot of the well paying an big boys (CUSTOMERS-LOYAL CUSTOMERS) WENT WITH MICHEAL.and because of this nassif/ ISLAND CAR RENTALS LOST ALOT OF BUSINESS.when micheal was there the parking lot was always empty.but now…alas it is as if all the vehicles have problems.the way they always sitting there,begging to be driven…the business went down hill after micheal was gone.a bunch of unqualified children with NO CUSTOMER SERVICES SKILLS and CUSTOMER CONTACT SKILLS alone that works there now.ALAS. AND THAT IS WHY NASSIF TRYING TO PIN THE MAN DOWN.BUT WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND…
DNO i see all u take off my comment. please stop sending your updates to my email please. i am going to block all emails from DNO as of today. what i said was too factual to display? small minded people once again.
Bunche was unemployed in 2011,so how did he steal that money in 2012? get the facts straight
Free Bunche!!!!
When people dont know facts they should shut up!! Police not doing their work saying Bunche was evading them. Lies!!! Lies!!
Tht’s right TRACK sing it to them again
I don’t know it may be be but I believe Auto trade, Archipelago and all companies run by these people need forensic investigators. Something doesn’t add up, a whole lot doens’t add up with these companies and their dates of certain people conviently stealing from them. I am against people stealing from employers, you knew what your were going to get paid, don’t let the people stuff and money tempt you, but I wouldn’t be surprised that these super inflated amounts are under the guise of fraud. Everybody jumping on the young man, but it’s rather unbecoming of this company and it’s subsidiaries. Nobody paying attention to them, they have title in society so we can’t entertain that this may be a grand scheme of greed while ruining other people’s lives. It happens everyday. Dominica police it’s time to look at the insurance payouts. I finish talk
wait but u forget is not 1st time mr on fraud charges….its not the 1st time he getting arrested….lol was it wen he was working in the bank n then spend how much money on levis jeans by limers lol….them man there use to play most top ranking prefect in gramma school yeah but them thief no wah..
Shut ur damn mouth!! what u know?
FOr true, Insurance payouts!!!!!! wowwww!
Some time ago it was alleged that an employee of one of the subsidiaries stole 14k. correct me if i am wrong, this person has been walking up and down in court and nothing have yet to come from that case, becuz all the parties involved doesnt show up for court. Should i say all the parties involved evading court as they say bunche evading police. Is that what is going to happen to that case.
the days of the bourgeoisies are over. When certain people in society use to think that they are more than our average ancestors. Get with the time. Every and anyone now can make a live for themselves without being intimidated or without predujice. People of the roots must stick together and support each other. Why crucify the young man. Do we have facts, is it certain that he did it. Dont we have laws governing those type of things.
And if he did it, is it possible for him to have done it without the help of others, who by the way may be still employed and supposingly taking from the companys purse. Bunche wasnt employed at the period of the alleged theft duhhhhh. the public would like to know when and at what stage was a report made. If ever a report was made. i hope is not the same day they arrested Bunche, becuz, this would mean we going back in time, and undo what our ancestors have tried sooo hard to do which is giving us our freedom and a voice and doing away with the bourgeoisies. I am looking
I believe that the report was made the same day they arrested Bunche because y let a “wanted man” leave the country? y? And i u listen clearly KARL was tipped off by one of his “so callled” GOOD and ONEST managers. He needs to ask if that manager isnt the one stealing from him since he or herself hands are in the cookie jar
**GOOD and HONEST Managers
Interesting!!! The man was not employed at auto trade this year. SET UP!!!!
sorry, but michael was walking up and down bath estate road how was he evading the police were they to tired to walk up to his home the same month karl nassief fired him, which by way was in november 2011, one year ago, come on, and to come back to dominica
DNO, this is avery late comment. I do hope you read it and adjust the information. It is more than a year – in fact 13 or so months since Michael was employed with the company. He could not have defrauded the compnay as alleged in 2012.
Michale has been living in Bath Estate, at the very same address when he worked for the company. Evading police? No Inspector Weekes.You are a man of the cloth. Everybody in Dominica hold you up in high esteem as a man of great moral and spiritual values. Check the information you are given before speaking. Michael left Dominica and there was no indication that he was required. Commonsense would tell us that had he known he was a wanted man frustrating the police,he would not have returned freely? In other words he left Dominica through a legal port of departure, he returned to Dominica through a legal port of entry manned by police officers – not back door. he was not escorted back to Dominica by a law enforcement officer form overseas.
Whatever Michael’s sin, he has his conscience to deal with. teh compnay lost money on account of his actions they say. Is that enough reason to deny the man his freedom. Shouldn’t he be at work to pay back the money it is alleged he stole from the company. There is reason to believe as well that when Michael sought other employment in Dominica throughout 2012, he was denied such employment because the business community does not want to be on the wrong side of that particular big man. So then Michael must die, his son must be left in dire need, his disabled mother must now get up and go beg and employment opportunity for him in Dominica must be denied. Like Lennox Linton some time ago when he was lamenting about opportunities or lack thereof for employment for him in Dominica. Should he simply fold his arms and go beg to feed his family? The outcome is mere speculation. i wish Micahel every luck. I also wish that shouldhe be convicted of the crime, he would be given the real opportunity to pay back the money. Mikes, we are praying for you.
It’s clear that when Karl says run u gotta run!! Even some dimwit lawyer acting like a big A** on DNO. Hope i get to meet u to represent me make sure i go to jail…..
sweetheart..i heard what you say and I’m not disputing anything you say in reference to his whereabouts as I wasn’t there. However, just a matter of clarification…Returning freely to a country where a crime is committed IS NOT an indication of innocence of anyone..i’m not saying he is guilty..just saying…as sometimes people often do for many different reasons..wont go in detail here
So true and well said. How can someone be evading the police and they go to the police for a police record. How can someone be evading the police and they up and down on the road not hiding. If he was evading the Police how would he be with tourist on private tours, Give me a break. Police You all are protecting the BIG-WIGS.
I hope they have evidence to prove what they are saying. or else they will lose more than 36000 for defamation of character.
“teh compnay lost money on account of his actions they say. Is that enough reason to deny the man his freedom. Shouldn’t he be at work to pay back the money it is alleged he stole from the company.”
So what you are saying is that stealing from companies should not be punishable by jail? That if you steal from your employer or from a company you should remain free so you can hopefully pay back the money?
Not sure about the job offer thing. Unless he possesses some extraordinary skill and or talent I am reluctant to believe that he has a job offer in the US or Virgin Islands.
Shut up, you know nothing.if u dont know what to say say nothing at all
sad to say,
this statement sounds like it is coming from someone who has low self esteem.
Confidence honey, confidence
Some information just came to light there….is it true the sister won a case against that same owner some time this year….hmmmmmmm
YES she did!!!!!!!!
I think so
EXACTLY MY POINT – CONFUSED. DNO DOE PUT MY STATUS CUZ I CALL NAMES IN IT.BUT ITS OK.THE NAMES MUST COME OUT WHEN MICHEAL WIN HIS CASE. I SOOOO SORRYYYYY FOR ALLU.AS FOR MR.NASSIF…SMH. cuz micheal was never employed at auto trade this year.so i want to know how he take the money there. plus if money is missing form a certain department of a company, the person/manager is held for questioning. (THAT WAS NEVER DONE TO MICHEAL) after this if there is nothing to hold the person responsible,they are with drawn from the alligations an investigation continues.THEN. if LATER IN THE INVESTEGATION prove is found and it surrounds that same person. THAT PERSON IS THEN REARESTED! SO WHAT HAPPENS IS ONE SET IT DOES WORK FOR LIKE THAT
why they doe arrest the man overseas that was involved in the fire boming.or the one on the DPA for the bawbawl…smh…poor people alone they does treat so…SUE THEM FOR ALL THEY GOT MICHEAL.
Track!!!!! Don’t worry Karl’s turn is on AMERIJET coming!!! TRACK
Well Miss or Mr OBSERVATION. Sounds like i dont know much but i know and its a proven fact that Bunche was NOT employed with Auto trade from since November. I want to know how much money Karl is paying “his” investigators to work on that job because its quite appearant that someone is not doing their job!!
Hey sweetheart from where I’m sitting I have noooooooo idea what took place and who stole what…I wasn’t there so I can’t say…I was just making a general statement where it relates to returning to the location/scene where criminal acts were committed…as they sometimes do return…
P>S I AM NOT ACCUSING THE GENTLEMAN
I am confused. Seriously confused. Did they actually say between january to march 2012? Are u kidding me? Should I believe then that Bunche broke and open auto trade since he wasnt employed by this company during that period. From what i know, Bunche was last employed in november. In the event tthat he broke and open AND stole the money, why wasnt a report made.
So u mean to tell me, no officer questioned any one who is close to bunche in that matter.
why does the report make bunche out to be a fugitive. If he knew he was being investigated, he left the island, u think he would have come back. So to make it look like all effort was used to contact him and he was evading the police is misleading. someone is trying to hide someone, or to save there sorry self. if infact he stoled that money, then someone gave it to him, since there was no break in and no report of a break in. I am watching. More to come
oops,clarifying something, not november of 2012 but november of 2011……now lets do some investigations
Yessi Confused, Anonymous we must get to know each other and start an investigating team and teach these officers how to work
Well confused i waiting too……….
DRUG DEALERS Get bail arent they at risk whilst they out more drugs selling time for case they pay u all off Muderers on the streets and Dominicans read the main word here is “ALLEGED” meaning suspected they aren’t sure
DID THE JUDGE ACTUALLY SAID BAIL DENIED,,, hmmmmmmm
or did the judge recuse herself….am just saying…
She definitely recrused herself therfore there was no bail denied!! Officers do your job!!
But he wasnt work there then so how did he do that !!!!!?????
I want to know. I really want to know. oh yes I want to know. becuase i want to learn those magic powers there
U walking in the hr department man..eh???
He’s invisible Remember? Hmmmmm……..
Some Dominicans are really foolish. SMH!! You think if he was making a run for it he would come back into that same country? Go read some law books people! Educate yourselves
Sweety…reading law books doesn’t tell you why each individual resort to crime. My dear you seem not to know much. People are different what works for one does not work for all.
You should watch more Criminals Minds then…lol lol
Sweety there are smart and not so smart criminals..you would be surprised at things criminals do that would make you wonder..so reading law books have absolutely nothing to do with what you just said. It’s all about the individual. how their mind works, what their plans are….
Shut up!!!!!!!!
Shut up!!!
observation shut up and go n criminology ur info u putting there u know nothing… if u are studying law best u quit and look into nursing instead.. u ppl posting comments based on what u all hear and not the truth
Sweety, sorry but you are the one who is sounding foolish right now…someone may return to a particular location where a crime is committed..sometimes in the criminals mind he might think that it would take law enforcement agents a while before they catch up with them…which makes them feel relax for a while then they make their move..there are so many scenarios I could bring fourth…
You just generalized here by stating that all criminals who plan on making a run would never go back to that same location…..not too bright of a conclusion eh
@TRACK and others who dont know
Please read up on Criminals who return to the crime scene…or Google criminals who return to the crime scene.
So lets say you are a lawyer..one of your defensive strategy would be to state the fact that he returned to the island renders him innocent and any one who returns to the location where a crime is committed is an indication of innocence? OMG !!
Sweety I’m in law school now and they dont teach that in law books. Criminal Behavior is done in Criminology not law books sweety.
Please read up on Criminology as well, as you are quite clueless and you talk about things you haven’t read about or studied.
When I speak here I come with facts based on my studies not based on my opinion
The way you write does not indicate that you are a reader; ji jais vwen reading law books.
LOL is not your fault sweety..persons with little comprehension skills will always attempt to belittle someone else’s writing simply because of their own inability to comprehend…It’s ok darling..i’ve met many like you.
I notice that alot of you guys who come to this forum are clueless as to what’s going on. You come here with mendacious stories, you have baseless arguments over things you are clueless about. You make statements and you wonder whether these people still live in caves. Even when documented facts are stated you attempt to ridicule what was mentioned with child like responses.
Some of you are quite clueless i must say and its quite embarrassing to read your comments as you sound rather uneducated.
So tell me what was your intention? You actually thought that this might upset me..lol sweety I have met hundreds like you….If someone can boldly state that disseminating information with regard to knowing your rights as a citizen is NOT PATRIOTIC hmph!!!! Well well well well ..something must be definitely wrong with you guys mental capacity.
Unlike you I have evidence to back up whatever i state. I realize that alot of you guys are not so erudite….It’s not your all fault man..i dont blame you
I really feel sorry for you guys. You come on this forum and attack people’s writing skiils, grammar etc…you come up with petty arguments when this is just the internet…who cares if there is a typo, who cares if there are grammatical errors…I honestly think that you guys are still in the enfancy stages of the world wide wed..you haven’t gotten a grip yet..hey you guys even get excited when the thumbs up n down are back..hahahaha lol it’s like your life was taken away from you
We are not sitting in English Class at the Grammar school…talk about something thats worth reading about not trivial issues like grammar…..
BTW the way you wrote tells me that you are EITHER ONLY HAVE a primary school level certificate or high school..not higher than that…..I challenge you to show me your college degree..oppps my bad..I forgot you dont have one
alas mista foolish, all he had to do is stay Barbados for at least a week; give the embassy a bajan address at which to send his passport to for him, he should receive that passport within 3 days,then take a flight to wherever he has to pick up his job….. latar or Dominica and auto trade eh eh, sico seko escape…. why cant a poor man’s chile doh escape for taking from a rich syrian? lol
so sorry about what happen. I feel for u and mother. Pray for deliverance.
Sometime you ask employer for a loan for medical. They push you around saying get invoice from doctor etc just for them not to give you. When you get it ey say, i fink you have to go to a financial institution and after you do medicals, bring d bill for them. But in d same breath, dey giving some female staff money for them to go out of country to do what you doh want to know. some of dos same female staff teefing dare money under dare nose. I dont fink it is right for employees to steal employers money, but some employers victimizing some workers so much dat is dare money dey have to steal. Not paying people right is another factor.
I’m not sure if you have ever heard of a bank? But that’s the institution you go to for a loan.
so as far as i see in dominica it is better to kill dan to steal becuz if u kill someone in cold blood u very well know dat dere is a 99% chance u will be granted bail dan if u steal some money from d company u was workin wit…..by the way DNO bunche was fired sometime october november 2011 so how he steal d money between january and march of dis year dat means d real tief still in auto trade
dont believe that because Bunche was no longer working with the company at this time.
flight risk stupes excuses wonder how much they pay under the table drug dealers murderers on the street on bail and now this one at “flight risk” stupes so we backward if a man at flight risk is confiscate his passport and inform all travel aggents airports and ports here geez so dumb
If u have zero clue what happened I suggest you shut up. Or if u are going to talk at least comment with some level of intelligence..If he stole money and he got away would he return? No..The only reason he is being arrested now is because he got a job and Auto Trade wants to stop him from living..Seriously that supposedly happened since Febrary, he was fired since then, had no job and lived in Bath Estate and no one arrested him for anything..The minute he gets a job he’s arrested? If u don’t know the guy then shut up. If he did it with his action afterwards it would suggest he felt he would get away with it. However the way everything is being stated, a guilty man would not go to Barbados, get his visa and return to Dominica..He could have stayed in Barbados until he got his visa back, and went overseas..A guilty man would
Sweety,,,you are generalizing here. Apparently you seem to be clueless in terms of how criminal minds operate.
Please look at CRime Documents..not fiction but real crimes..then come back here to talk…guilty persons sometimes return home sometimes they are even present at a crime scene and offer their assistance in finding the perp when they are the ones who committed the crime..
I am not saying that he did it. All I’m saying is that returning to a location where a crime is committed doesn’t mean that you are innocent..think a bit harder sweety
I agree with you there. Thumbs up!!
Lol..really … U think the company would waste time and money to keep tabs on somebody to know when they get a job so they can send police to arrest them. Lol…boy ally not easy. I will have to go and work there. Look like they have money to throw.”….lol
You have no idea the lengths this man goes to when he feels somebody cross him. Just ask the guy who is suing for 300 grand
Note the word “Tip Off”. the police was tipped off. that was to ensure that the dude does not move on with his life. gel fan oblijay manjay. He has a child to feed
so how he going to leave the island without passport .i know he could enter his country without passport all he need is an id but he cannot leave (and besides barbados doesnt keep people passport they give it back to u and you send it back)
No sweetie u can leave ur passport.there is a dhl office right there in the embassy.once u have ur birth paper or another form of identification to travel with u straight.that is one lie he didnt tell.
thanks.but i went to barbados with my mother last january and they sent her home with her passport and ask her to send it back.(that was for greencard)
Fool, yes if your visa is approved they keep it and you can return to your country without the passport. THen the Embassy sends it to you via DHL. SO he was waiting on it for him to leave DA.
Yeah right the police will be there when he gets the passport in the post.
These young people must learn to creep before they walk and to leave alone what does not belong to them. At the end of it all the $$$ goes toward bling, bling and more bling.
You are Wrong, if you have your national ID (drivers license) you can travel back home without your passport
isnt that what i say
Yes they do keep your passport and return with your visa through dhl
the embassy does keep passports.. they kept mine & i used my social security card to get home.
THEY DON’T THEY POST IT QUIC PAC
the embassy does keep passports.. they kept mine & i used my social security card to get home.
” businesses are being stolen from”. Leave the queen English alone souplais.
sweety..this is just a new site NOT ENGLISH CLASS…..we all make errors here..hec even me and I used to be a teacher….even your above sentence has an error..but who cares…this is just a blog
ADmin put de damn man photo nuh for us to see, do like CNN an all the networks, we demand a photo now please.
Man u again, that is y they did not grant u bail u will not learn your lesson.
Stop being stupid!!! Did’nt you hear that the arrest took place as a result of a tip off?
So true Dreds
So one thief on remand for stealing from Norde’s house and He defending another one for allegedly stealing from someone else? HAHAHAHAHA Lawyers ,Lawyers,Lawyers !!!!!!!
Dem lawyers have no loyalty they are part of the system they defend criminals for money that’s all they care about money whiCh breeds greed
sweety how come you doh understand is a JOB THEM MAN DOING that is what they went to study for and it is their daily bread,,,what u talking bout loyalty….u expect a lawyer to be taking tourist up the river in Portsmouth? u people really not that bright!!
think you should change your name top fiction because this is what you seem to be like. Its his job as a lawyer. idiot.
I TOTALLY AGREE with your comment wee boss
I am confused . How did he travel from Barbados without a passport.
He should ave Aiken apage from the Sico Seco book.
is not your fault dear confused one! you have yet to travel since the evolution of cavemen. YOU CAN TRAVEL BACK TO YOUR HOME COUNTRY WITH ANY I.D. smh! google it!
Sacre sot get with the times we can travel on our vehicle license n social security cards dummy
When you go for your visa it’s not given to you right away. You receive it some time after by fedex or so. You are allowed to travel with ID and they give you some documentation.
thats a good question. at know time he should be allowed to reurn to dominica with out a passport. But again I am not sure what are the requirements seeing anything goes on in your country.
Ignorance, ignorance, ignorance
lol lol boiiiiiii I was reading through the comments and I just landed on you AGAIN…lawdddddd I have to laugh…Now I really see you dont have much common sense..lol lolzzzzzz…it was you who commented on my post in reference to DRUG RELATED CRIME….I wrote you a response….check out my response but make sure you ask a teacher to help you to understand what you read cause it seems like you dont have much comprehension skills..pooor watch dog..i feel for you.
Dat happens if ur appying for a US visa.
Hmmm… trying to make a run for it? No luck there
Old habits die hard….
I remember very clearly the BFC!
If you without sin cast the first stone. Stop condemning people. Let me make it clear, dominicans have to learn the meaning of words, ALLEGED…..
Time will tell
not amazed do you remember the verdict?
you go away why you come back? dominicans so crook boy. right in the airport they hold you? who you told you were coming must have been a police.they cups know you get a job, they even know what work and your date of depature. you don,t dove to look too far your friend is a police.
rubbish
The law works when its ordinary people who are the subjects.
What a country.
sooooooo true
dreds expect nothing less from you. idiot
so folks getting bail for murder until they doing damage while out and those people cannot get bail
well when there is an issue in terms of flight and there is evidence to prove such then his bail can and will be denied. He can even produce travel documents. And if sio he came without so he may as well be able to leave.
Everybody tiefing in dis country. It has become the culture of the place. So Sad
i know this guy i always had a bad felling about him/she
lol
So murder and steal at gunpoint and you are given bail……..there are the few who run things…the majoriy are just pawns in a game……this is the relity everywhere you go
” Police prosecutor Inspector, Claude Weekes, strongly objected to bail stating that Bunche was “a flight risk” because he has obtained employment overseas and was due to leave the island within days.”
Well this I can understand, if there is proof that the alleged thief in this case is considered a flight risk, it would be idiotic to grant him bail: On the other hand, bail can be granted as long as the court order him to surrender his passport, and report to some probation officer daily or weekly as recommend by the court.
If Weeks is sure that Bunche actually have a job waiting for him somewhere, then he could be classified as a flight risk, however, the woman held in custody without bail for receiving stolen alcoholic beverages, to me is unconscionable.
They need to grant bail to the lady, and if they believe she is also a flight risk, the simple thing to do is confiscate her passport also if she has one!
Weeks need to go and hunt down the many murderers on the loose in Dominica and capture them and bring them to justice rather than wasting time on insignificant matters as denying petty thieves bail.
Murder is a capital crime, a felony to the highest degree, second degree murder is another, something that was not actually intended. Nevertheless, someone stealing a few thousands of dollars though that can be considered a felony, in most cases such charges can be reduced to a simply, low misdemeanor, unknowing receiving or buying stolen goods is a misdemeanor anyway, even though the police in Dominica treats it as a capital offence.
You let murders out of Dominica Jail on bail, yet you victimize petty thieves by keep them in jail by denying them their duly constitutional rights; that is classified as cruel and unusual punishment!
I suppose someone will have to define in legal terms what is ” Cruel And Unusual Punishment” to the Weeks of Dominica since he is not a professional or trained lawyer!
The job of a court prosecutor belongs to an train attorney, someone who has studied law and pass the Bar, we have people in Dominica who may have not even went to secondary school, joined the force came up through the ranks, they get promoted not because they are capable, because they are a long term serving member of the force, they are crowned inspector of police; the next thing we hear is that they are prosecuting people in court!
What a joke, we many such persons throughout the Caribbean!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
I read your post. Before i continue i did criminal justice at the university level. With regards to Officers moving up the ranks and then obtaining a prosecutoral role without being trained is something i had many concerns about. Even the chief today doesnt have a degree. But i know for a fact that weekes do have some form of qualification with respect to law. In terms of the lady not being granted bail. Who knows she might be the key player in the crime and having her granted bail she in turn can be influential in terms of interacting with other players that are involved that will make it much more diofficult to have her prosecuted. So Mr Telemaque sorry you dont have a case. next
warchdog you are just a dog with a degree, not higher than man
a degree is not intelligence, no one knows how you got it. you may have earned it from behind like a dog
@WATCH DOG
You did criminal justice at university level??? OHHHH!! So why are your comprehension skills so poor? Why did you refute what was quoted in a Criminal Justice text book that quoted : Although the effects of some illegal drugs may cause a very small number of violent crimes, the vast majority of drug-related crimes are caused by the drug laws, which make the possession, distribution, cultivation, or manufacture of certain drugs a
crime. The drug laws also cause crime by creating an illegal market in which drug prices are artificially and dramatically increased.
I wonder what year and which school you attended. Re read your comments on one of the news items with reference to arrest for possession.
SMH….you are not that bright sir…lol lol lol
If that is the case, and the authorities believe that she might be an influence other who is involved, if you studied law, criminal law, perhaps you would know that when many people are involved in a crime, and travel documents are surrendered, there is also a court order which goes along with it.
Bailed suspects are forbidden to have contact with other persons involve in the case, they are ordered not to make any contact with others involved in the case!
Well I know in Dominica all things are up-side-down, so accordingly, the rules established in the British Magna Carter of so long, and is still recognized, and practice within the judicial system within the Commonwealth of Nations may have evaded Dominica.
What else can I say maybe we have a different system, which appears to be a kangaroo system.
The prosecution of criminals should be carried out by a professional trained attorney, someone who is trained in law, and not only attended some seminar, and read some guide book!
(I doh is lawyer eh), but I know something is wrong with our legal system: It just dawn on me that you said the now chief got his position by coming up through the ranks.
I mean there was a time in our history when that was acceptable, in those days murder and the more sophisticated crimes was foreign to our nation, but these days to have someone as head of the police force who has not had a single class in criminology or something of this sort just should not be in such a position!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque..”The job of a court prosecutor belongs to an train attorney, someone who has studied law and pass the Bar, we have people in Dominica who may have not even went to secondary school, joined the force came up through the ranks, they get promoted not because they are capable, because they are a long term serving member of the force, they are crowned inspector of police; the next thing we hear is that they are prosecuting people in court!
What a joke, we many such persons throughout the Caribbean! >>”
Well the only CLOWN here is you and your ignorance once more. WEEKES can wipe the floor with you when it comes to real qualifications. Before you run your mouth on things you no nothing of, why not inform yourself. You do this all the time, the man is a graduate of UWI with dual masters.
well criminology if i were to be as smart as you are i wonder how many would understand or folow thru. retarded.
O God Michael, Michael, Michael. I cannot believe that.Whats wrong with you Michael.
Post a photo nah DNO.what good for the girls from woodfordhill not good for Mr then? Let ppl see the man face.
36000 in 2 months, that is 12 grand a month. what about before 2012? weh weh weh weh weh
MATHS IS NOT YOUR STRONG SUBJECT. 38 divided by 2 is NOT 12
neither is maths yours
stop trying to pick on people
wrong information
they dont want to work for it. they want it now
papamet
my mom used to say if the world was talking he would have never return.and didn`t he know he committed a crime he get away with it so just stay away?
If the world only had BIG mouths like these stupid dominicans he wouldve stayed away
why can employees ask their employer for a loan,and pay it by little instead of resorting to stealing?
Hmmmm! You ask and wiling to pay back
and dey mke you think is beg u beggingfor dere money. I don’t blame dose who steal it .
iis
People must learn to live within thier means. Cut your coat according to your cloth, and don’t let the blings fool you. unless you are prepared to work hard for it.
denied bail for theift but bail is given for murder and drugs.
LORD HELP ME LEAVE THAT COUNTRY
you need to read. First of all everyone are entiltled to be bailed. based on circumstances then this right can be denied.
People are being denied bail for stealing money but for murder they roam freely. Funny
way papa
What a sad story..but if he knew he has done something wrong…why did he come back DA???
And it seems some so called friend sell him out! For then to have pick himup on the airport
eh beh look it! belle beff! everybody want a nice sum of cash to splash infront that Christmas saeson dere ….hmmm…
Didnt you read it happened between January to March
Why do you have to mention he was an employee of auto trade in the subject line?
What difference does it make?
What I think the court should do, is come up with an amount for the bail money and ask both lawyers to pay half of the money then the lawyers would ensure their client attends court
What difference does it make, whether an employee or not?
I think that the court could grant him bail on the basis that both lawyers agree to pay half of the bail money, by this, they would ensure his attendanc at court
sut up! sayway serviette.
thats just the tip of the iceburg,lots of businesses are being stolen from,without even being aware.workers just want to meet their goals overnight.by the time the businesses become aware its relatively too late.
99 days for the thief 1 day for the police.