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Alberto Temple and Nicole Bonds were each fined $1 000 for breaching quarantine. (Pictures by Jameel Springer.) Social Share
A “series of unfortunate events” resulted in an American couple spending two extra days in quarantine, not being able to enjoy the island, missing their return flight home and each having to part with $1 000.
At the same time, Magistrate Elwood Watts has urged quarantine hotels to inform their guests that quarantine means in their rooms and not about the property.
Nicole Elizabeth Bonds, of the Bronx, and Alberto Luis Temple, of Brooklyn, both in New York, pleaded guilty yesterday to contravening Paragraph (25), Clause (a) of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) (Curfew) (No. 11) Directive 2021, in that they being people in quarantine at the Radisson Aquatica Resort Barbados, did leave the room in which they were quarantined without the consent of the Chief Medical Officer on June 24.
Husband, wife face new charge over resisting quarantine order
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Lawyers say couple charged under wrong quarantine law
Article by May 11, 2021
Defence lawyers urged a magistrate on Monday to dismiss charges against a married couple, who allegedly refused quarantine orders, claiming they were charged under the “wrong” law.
Fabian Antone John, 46, and his wife, Vanessa Maylin John, 48, from Kingsland Heights, Christ Church, were reportedly at the centre of an April 26 standoff with public health and law enforcement officials. They each face a charge of refusing to carry out the Chief Medical Officer’s order under
Section 12 Subsection 1 (b) of the 1950 Quarantine Act.
The two pleaded not guilty when they appeared before Magistrate Elwood Watts in the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court.
Lawyer says COVID Monitoring Unit acting outside of its powers
Article by April 17, 2021
The office of the Director of Public Prosecution today withdrew a COVID-19 court case described as a “nullity” by a Magistrate and then re-lodged it.
As a result, shopkeepers Emma Ann Abrahim and Churaman Veerandra entered a fresh not guilty plea to the charge that they opened their business when it was supposed to be closed under the curfew directives. The offence allegedly occurred on February 8.
In the previous case, the two, who were initially unrepresented by legal counsel, had pleaded guilty and were remanded for 25 days pending sentencing. They were then granted bail by the High Court following an application by Michael Lashley Q.C., who was then retained.
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