Magistrate rules there is sufficient evidence to commit MP Browne’s case to the High Court
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The criminal proceeding against former education minister Michael Browne has gone one step further as the case has now been sent up the High Court.
Yesterday, Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel-Edwards declared that there is sufficient evidence against the Member of Parliament for All Saints West to commit the matter to be tried in the higher court.
The prosecution subsequently proceeded to tender six pieces of evidence which will be used against Browne, should the matter go to trial.
Those exhibits include WhatsApp messages, call records, screenshots from Facebook messenger with photos, etc.
A public official is to stand trial in the High Court in the September Criminal Assizes for Rape and Serious Indecency. The matter was committed to the High Court this morning when the case came up in the All Saints Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate N’gaio Emanuel Edwards.
Under the country’s laws, a defendant in such matters cannot be named unless there is a conviction.
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Third man accused of murdering Nigel Christian remanded
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A third person has been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison for his alleged involvement in the murder of Customs officer, Nigel Christian.
On Tuesday morning, the police issued a wanted bulletin for Saleim Harrigan who they said was “wanted in connection with several serious criminal offences [and] is believed to be armed and therefore considered dangerous”.
But before the end of the day, the Greenbay man surrendered in the company of his attorney, Michael Archibald.
That same evening, the 30-year-old was charged for alleged involvement in Christian’s killing.
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