Matthew Peter Burton, of Warner, has received bail in the sum $50,000 after his parents swore to comply with special terms and conditions mandated by the court.
Burton, who is a former employee of the National Bank of Dominica (NBD), was charged with two counts of forgery, and was not required to plea when he appeared in court on Friday, because the alleged offense is an indictable one.
He was charged with forging NBD saving withdrawal slips in the amount of EC$ 3,000 on September 23 and EC$ 7,000 on October 3.
When bail was brought up by the defense attorney, Heather Felix—Evans, it was first objected to by Prosecutor Sergeant Innocent Toussaint who argued that the accused could leave island and may not appear for trial.
He also said that two weeks were needed for further investigations. The Magistrate then agreed to grant Warner bail with special conditions, which include reporting to the Mahaut Police station between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm, five days a week.
He is also prohibited from making contact with the prosecution’s witnesses.
The trial date has been set for March 27, 2014.
Burton’s parents, who stood as surety, are expected to be responsible for him and were cautioned that they must ensure that he stays in line as failure to do so resulting in any breach of the bail conditions would result in them paying the $50,000 or going to jail.
Mr. Burton i am so sorry to hear that. Anyway do not give up stay strong and continue to pray. i will remember u and ur family in my prayer
To Admin:
The young man’s last name is Burton from Warner, so why would the judge grant bail to Warner. The community is not on trial. The judge granted bail to Burton not Warner.
Admin: already corrected thank you.
I was very sorry to hear about this young man…he was a very cool man, giving good service…but you know what? ask God for forgiveness….He’s a God of second chances. Take care my son.
This nonsense needs to stop. these bank employees must learn to respect what does not belong to them.
They need to start catching the big boys too.
Dno this hypocracy in dominica must stop….if it was some malawe allu would have done post their pic from facebook or outside the court smh
bcuz they sayn plant this and that and is nothing that resulting from it believe it or not we supporting white collar crimes at the highest level and immorality from all political leaders and the hypocrites out there tryn hard to condemn the man cuz he maybe make a mistake! and I know some of all you will jump on the MAYBE but there is enough evidence to prove that our justice system is highly corrupted and to cover up the mistakes of others a simple fall guy is set up????????? just ask your self what happen to the six that were allegedly fired for the electronic fraud of over 130K in October/November why not highlight this? is it because the children of lawyers may be involved
Nonesense! What do you then say for the so called developed countries where people still commit these crimes? No one should make excuses for stealing or crime in general. Maybe you should make an excuse for politicians to steal the tax payers money because things hard.
very good point. i believe that rules are for the rich, poor, fortunate and unfortunate alike. when we as a community decide and agree to rules it should work and be the same for us all.
Such stupid excuse. Nonsensical talk. “de economy is dead what you expect..”
This man had a good job. He was better off than most, and “de economy is dead” for all of us all over the world.
From the time I know myself calypsonians have been singing about the bad economy: “I have something on y mind, the dollars too hard to find” remember?
And why de blasted milk so dear. No, Doctor, No!” Remember?
“De prices too high – too high. People can’t afford to buy – to buy. No clothes, no food cause no money.” Remember?
The money NEVER enough but 99.9% of the world’s population manage to survive on a poor purse from the time money was invented. My old parents use to say “doh mek you eyes burn you on other people’s things.” That is the lesson we have to remember.
The young man had a good paying Job and the salaries would increase every year. We must be content and pray to God for what we need. The word of God says be anxious for nothing but thru pray and supplication let our request be made known to Him(God). Dominicans must stop these non-sense comments about who do dis and who do dat.
Yo you have serious issues and you need to seek help for those kinds of thoughts
I am so saddened by what happen. This is all a spiritual battle, we can pray but do not condemn him, it might not happen to us but we have children. We are all together in the struggle so just lift him up in prayer.
I feel so sorry for him/. He is a real cool guy and has great customer service skills. Satan is really busy.
Mu boy u are not the first. Seek God and u will be ok. Dominicans will talk for a while after a while they will shut their mouth.
@lulu Satan? Satan nuh have anything to do with this. He took it upon himself to do this. so he doesn’t have freewill?
They give ordinary people so much trouble to get a loan, and show off on poor people children asking for the devil’s horn to surety a loan. They frustrate you, keep your stuff for how long, and in the end say “denied”; then they are stealing people money. My God, what a life.
I blame former headboy of DGS Roosevelt skerrit from vielle case. What u expect young people to do when they see what u doing and getting away with it?
You should be an example to young people instead u dissapoint them, do the right thing and give back ill gains to the poor, lead by example, before more of our young people continue on your path.
Material things are just that, young people DO NOT SPOIL YOUR NAMES FOR SUCH!with hard work you can obtain such and of course they are not the most important things in life
I have suffered unauthorized use of my debit and credit card, my friends have also complained of this dilemma. When this cards are shipped bank employees loosely place them in FEDEX envelopes, with ought the cards being machine sealed. THIS SIMPLY MEAN THAT BANKERS COULD HAVE HAD ACCESS TO OUR CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD INFO.
ISN’T LIFE A B*TCH!!!
good thing is $39 I have in my debit card account. they will not bother steal it
To all friends and family members, lets look pass the alleged incident and say a prayer to help the family come to terms with the event.
Eh Ben look it! My boy go big and go home. By the way, was he successful in getting the money after forging the documents and have they recovered any of it?
LETS pray for all those who are gainfully employed. And blame some one else for all our short comings. Amen.
Like nice things and they doh want to work for it.
Oh my God,What is wrong with these young people? They are trained properly and then they allow the devil to use them!
Anyway he leaves in Warner,he is not from warner.
I feel for his parents,let alone his wife!
my friend the devil dont come after what or those he has already. He seeks those he not yet have. smh
And for years am starting my business in Dominica and have my money in this NBD bank and have it so so had to get a good loan but with all things is time will tell
True den? Eh beh he must really be broke!
why why why man, you just spoiled your name and more so you character, you could have made that amount if you had just saved up or gone through some other legal means.
wow! so sorry to hear it was you Mr. Burton. You were always a cool young man working in the bank.
I’m so ……. Disappointed reading this story . I often received such good service from him and liked his attitude . I’m just sadden by his alleged action . I do hope that he will learn from this dreadful action . Please bro , rely on God for your redemption and restoration . Man may condemn you but God can certainly restore you !
Those who are stealing from the state, and have stolen from the state, because of their position, need to have their day in court as well. A country or institution cannot enjoy true prosperity when those in charge of steering the ship are grossly dishonest.
A fundamental contributing factor for the poor state of Dominica today is dishonesty and greediness.
Stop making excuses for people bad behavior, this man choose to do this all on his own and it have nothing to do with who in government, thier are people who are worse of than him, so stop it.