An employee of the Inland Revenue Division, Jed Shipley, is on a one day “conditional bail” following five charges preferred against him by the police.
According to the charges it is alleged that on May 9, 2022, Shipley forged certain documents to which, a payment form to Haitian national Jean Remy Duchard. On the same day, he is also accused of forging a driver license card to Duchard as well as uttering a print payment form to the non-national.
He further stands charged with forgery of a payment form for a private driver license to another Haitian male, Claudenysson Morency as well as uttering the said form to Morency on September 13, 2022.
When Shipley appeared before the Roseau Magistrate court today, September 26, 2022, the charges were read to him but he was not required to enter a plea as the matter is an indictable offense and is expected to be tried at the High court before Judge and jury.
Police Prosecutor, Inspector Francis Laville did not object to bail however due to time limitation Magistrate Laudat granted one day conditional bail to Shipley in the sum of $35,000.00 with his father, retired police, Jefferson Shipley as his surety.
The accused is expected to return to court on September 27, 2022, for his formal bail application hearing.
He is represented by attorneys-at-law Jodie Luke and Annika Bellot.
Recently the two non-nationals Duchard and Morency as well as a Pottersville man Royson Warren were charged and granted bail in connection to the said offense.
JAH KASS IBO,your continuous lies to the people of Dominica remain just lies.Every smart Dominican know that all moneys coming into Dominica for a specific purpose does not have to go into the consolidated fund.Every supporter of the DLP have a copy of the constitution.Because of some people high level of stupidity,fake news,propaganda and lies,UWP continue to be in the doghouse.You,as UWP what they did with the hundreds of millions if dollars received under the Reengineered Citizenship Programme.With your lies,fake news,propaganda and your level of madness,Skerrit will be in power for the next 30 years.You are now in the gutter filled with filth LYING about the constitution.You are on a journey of no return where angels fear to walk.
Dominica is infested with corruption and blue collar crime, mainly within government department. Can we blame them? Monkey see, monkey do springs to mind! Dominica will find it very difficult to rid itself from this curse again! And you Clown, are part of this sad and badly performing circus…
I’ve repeatedly said that the entire civil service in Dominica is corrupt. Some have severely castigated me for this factual assertion. The truth may hurt but it’s not a sin.
The Roosevelt’s kakistocracy is the most opaque and corrupt in the Western Hemisphere. There is zero transparency with the CBI program where billions of dollars have vanished without a trail. What do you expect from the underlings of this nocturnal administration?
The Inland Revenue employee should certainly face the judge and answer to the charges preferred on him. So too should Roosevelt for the CBI billions that are not in the Consolidated Fund. Everyone should be equal before the court.
Citizens are getting convicted for pittance while the head predator of the food chain is untouchable.. This is a travesty of justice. One unscrupulous TYRANT has overthrown our democracy.