“Not guilty!” say former Cabinet Ministers to bus conversion charges
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By Latrishka Thomas
“Not guilty!” the three former Cabinet Ministers accused of corruption, conversion and embezzlement declared lustily as they were arraigned.
Former finance minister Harold Lovell and two of his former United Progressive Party (UPP) colleagues, Dr Jacqui Quinn and Wilmoth Daniel, appeared before Justice Colin Williams in the High Court yesterday.
Some of their friends, family, and political colleagues sat behind them in support.
The trio was represented by Attorney Leon Chaku Symister.
After they were arraigned, the judge set their trial date for June 14, should the court begin to hear trials by that time.
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Three former government ministers, including the leader of the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP), Harold Lovell, will re-appear in the High Court on June 14 on charges relating to the donation of three buses to the Antigua and Barbuda government.
Apart from Lovell, the otters charged are former education minister Dr Jacqui Quinn and former deputy prime minister Wilmoth Daniel.
They are accused of corruption, conversion and embezzlement in relation to three Daewoo buses worth over EC$600 000 (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) that were donated to the former UPP administration by the government of South Korea.
Committal date set for three youngsters who allegedly passed fake money
The committal proceeding against three young men charged for possessing and using counterfeit money has been postponed until June 24.
That’s the date when 19-year-old Jahmal Prevost of Paynters, 23-year-old Alrick Oliver and 19-year-old Elvis Pelle, both of Pigotts, will find out if there is sufficient evidence against them to send their case to the higher court.
The youngsters are said to have entered a clothing store on Market Street on February 18 and passed fake currency three Eastern Caribbean $100 notes to the store’s owner, while knowing they were counterfeits.
Youth who allegedly lured man to the beach to kill him slapped with additional charge
A youngster who is accused of attempting to murder a man whom he lured to the beach with sex, received an additional charge when he appeared in the St John’s Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The Hatton resident, who was 19 years old at the time of the incident, is now facing two charges –wounding and attempted murder.
The accused reportedly became friends with the 29-year-old complainant in 2018 and asked several favours of him.
In early 2020, the accused asked to borrow $100 which he promised to repay within weeks.
Couple charged with forging cheques to be tried in the High Court
Some time after May, a young couple will have to face a High Court judge for allegedly forging and cashing several cheques in November 2020.
Twenty-two-year-old Auriae Aaron and 21-year-old Troy Davis appeared before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh yesterday morning in the St John’s Magistrates’ Court, accused of committing forgery, obtaining, and uttering.
The police believe that the crime was committed when Aaron, who is from Bolans, was said to have requested a reference letter from a former employer, who operated a real estate company.
After receiving the letter, she reportedly went ahead to write another missive granting her permission to collect cheque books on behalf of the company, with the forged signature of the person who wrote the reference letter attached.