Former ombudsman and magistrate Valton Donavon Bend has died. Reports are that the 74-year-old father of one passed away at home yesterday. Bend was appointed to the post of Ombudsman in May 2009 following on from a stretch as a magistrate. He joined the Public Service in 1978 and worked as a Crown Counsel before ascending to the magistracy in 1984, acting as Chief Magistrate at different points along the …