‘Prophet’ charged with breaking quarantine
Andrew King Social Share
A self-professed ‘end time prophet’ who allegedly skipped out on his quarantine just one day after arriving in the state, will be facing a trial to determine his guilt or innocence.
Andrew King, who normally resides in London but is originally from Spring Estate/Biabou, arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on December 28, travelling from the United Kingdom.
The 53-year-old is accused that he, on December 29, in Villa, contravened an order made by Dr Roger Duncan, Health Officer, pursuant to section 27(a) of the Public Health Act, requiring him to quarantine himself from other persons.
Government loses quarantine case Social Share THE FIRST BREACH of quarantine trial has ended with the discharge of the defendant, and a reminder that in order to prosecute for breaching an Order one has to satisfy a Court not the Ministry of Health.
“In any case that comes before the court, the law remains the same, the rules of evidence remain the same. So it cannot be because Covid-19 is a pandemic that somehow the court should adjust to respond to the pandemic,” Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett commented at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court (KMC) on January 5.
The magistrate was in the process in delivering his decision on a ‘no case’ submission made by counsel Israel Bruce, at the end of the prosecution’s case against defendant Jeyandra Jackson.
Prisoner and female friend sentenced after jail break
(Left) Shadene Farrell (Right) Veron Primus Social Share
So far, two persons have been brought to court in connection with last week’s prison break, and have made many shocking statements.
Shadene Farrell, who was unknown to the law before last week, is a 29-year-old mother of two, and a vendor of Jell-O shots (Jell-O infused with alcohol consumed as a shot).
She admitted at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court (KMC) last Friday, December 11, to opening her home to accused murderers, Veron Primus and Ulrick ‘Chucky’ Hanson, after they escaped from prison in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday, December 9.
Lawyer pokes holes in state’s quarantine procedures
Jeyandra Jackson is said to have allegedly broke quarantine to attend a political rally Social Share
The lawyer for a woman who allegedly broke quarantine to attend a political rally is attempting to poke holes in the prosecution’s case by pointing out perceived loopholes in the state’s quarantine system.
Israel Bruce is advocating for his client Jeyandra Jackson, a North Union woman, who travelled to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) from Canada on October 22, arriving in the state on an Air Canada flight.
Jackson is accused of breaching her quarantine on October 27, mere hours after she was allowed to go home, where she should have quarantined away from others for another nine days.
Prison escapee sentenced to more jail time
Police officers from the Major Crimes Unit (MCU) and heavily armed members of the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) escort
escaped prisoner Veron Primus (3rd from left) to a waiting police transport vehicle, yesterday. Social Share
Veron Primus, one of the two accused murderers who escaped from Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) last week by cutting through the roof of a prison cell, says that he did it to get attention.
Prison escapee Veron Primus (right), leaves the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court accompanied by a CID officer after being sentenced for escaping lawful custody and damaging Government property.