‘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.
SVG lucky to have so far dodged the Covid-19 bullet
Left to Right: Jamal Martin ,Jeyandra Jackson, Lennox Frederick, Maria James, Ivan Burgin Social Share
by Lyf Compton
Despite arrests and heavy fines, some persons seem not taking the country’s COVID-19 quarantine measures seriously.
While St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has to date been able to prevent community spread of coronavirus, one can safely say that we have been “lucky” to not have an outbreak.
From dozens of foreigners from high risk countries like Canada and the United States (US) converging on Mustique for a billionaire’s wedding to persons from the United Kingdom (UK) and the US breaking quarantine, SVG has so far dodged the proverbial COVID-19 bullet.
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.