{"id":302416,"date":"2023-04-29T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T15:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=302416"},"modified":"2023-04-29T16:52:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T20:52:49","slug":"politically-persecuting-people-in-the-court-says-linton-of-incitement-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/politically-persecuting-people-in-the-court-says-linton-of-incitement-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Politically persecuting people in the court&#8217;, says Linton of incitement matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_302417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302417\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-302417\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Linton-and-his-wife-Shirley-leaving-the-court-house-File-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"372\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-302417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linton and his wife, Shirley, leaving the court house after a previous court appearance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former political leader of the United Workers Party (UWP), Lennox Linton is expressing dissatisfaction with the manner in which an incitement matter against him and other UWP members is proceeding.<\/p>\n<p>This matter stems from an incident that dates back to February 7, 2017. On that day, the parliamentary opposition United Workers Party (UWP) held a meeting on Kennedy Avenue in Roseau calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit following which several businesses were vandalized in the capital city. Several opposition members were subsequently charged with inciting violence and obstructing justice.<\/p>\n<p>Charges were brought against other opposition members including former Prime Minister Edison James and Dr. Thomson Fontaine, former Deputy political leader of the UWP, Joshua Francis, along with Nicholas George and former UWP Member of Parliament (now Speaker of the House of Assembly), Joseph Isaac. They were charged with obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n<p>While the matter against James, Francis, George, and Isaac has been adjourned <em>sine die<\/em> (without a set date for resumption), Linton and Dr. Fontaine are left to answer the charges which are still before the court.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the latest adjournment on Thursday April 27, 2023 and the related decision of a magistrate to recuse himself from presiding over the matter, Linton who was being interviewed by Talk Show Host, Matthias Peltier during the &#8216;Talk on the Block\u2019 Program on Q-95 Radio said the matter is of great frustration to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis matter has been dragging on for more than five years and it\u2019s at a stage of great frustration for me,\u201d he stressed. \u201cBut one of the reasons I wanted to have my day in court [was] so that my absolute innocence could be proven in the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cI didn\u2019t want the case to go away in any technicality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Linton added, \u201cI wanted us to go through the process for the evidence to be heard and for the matter to be fully adjudicated and for it to be clear in everybody\u2019s mind that Lennox Linton did not incite anybody to do anything on the 7th of February 2017, and therefore is not guilty of the charge of incitement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he said the case needs to be discontinued for want of prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is what normal court systems do, and so that\u2019s a matter to be looked into\u2026,\u201d Linton stated.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that there is no evidence of incitement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA case where I am being politically prosecuted. There is absolutely no evidence of incitement,\u201d Linton argued. \u201cI mean it\u2019s just going on and on and on and you wonder what brand of evil is this and what we are going to do about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt is Lennox Linton, it is Thomson Fontaine, it is Edison James today, but it will be some other people tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Linton described the matter as a \u201cstate-sponsored prosecution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is utilization of the people\u2019s hard-earned money for the purpose of politically persecuting people in the court and the court system is permitting it,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Meantime, Linton explained that one particular magistrate had recused himself from the case on 23rd July 2022, \u201cnow given a day for the 14th of September when the matter will come up, but not before him because he has recused himself, so at this stage, I am not sure who will be dealing with the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the opposition Leader appeared in court on August 8, 2022, Magistrate Michael Laudat who, on the last occasion recused himself from the matter, said he was rescinding his decision.<\/p>\n<p>According to Laudat, there are at present four magistrates assigned to criminal matters in Roseau, three of whom have already recused themselves from the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I were to recuse myself, this will not be proper to the administration of justice. It would be wrong of me to follow suit, so I will do the matter,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>In response, defense attorney Gildon Richards urged the magistrate to remain bonded to his earlier decision, the \u201cperfect decision,\u201d he deemed it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Honor you had most appropriately recused yourself. In supporting your decision, I\u2019m saying that I have always had difficulty with judicial officers who have been appointed on contract acting in criminal cases,\u201d Richards argued.<\/p>\n<p>He alluded to the fact that Magistrate Asquith Riviere who first started the matter is no longer a sitting magistrate and as such, insisted the matter must recommence before another magistrate.<\/p>\n<p>Before handing down his decision, Magistrate Laudat informed the attorney that Privy Council states that any application by the defense or the prosecution requesting the recusal of a magistrate ought not to be done in open court but in closed chambers or by way of writing to the magistrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former political leader of the United Workers Party (UWP), Lennox Linton is expressing dissatisfaction with the manner in which an incitement matter against him and other UWP members is proceeding. 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