{"id":22969,"date":"2018-12-26T18:53:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T22:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=22969"},"modified":"2018-12-26T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T22:53:29","slug":"ex-cop-who-shot-alleged-intruder-charged-bailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/ex-cop-who-shot-alleged-intruder-charged-bailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-cop who shot alleged intruder charged, bailed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Police Officer Everton Francis has been charged after shooting an alleged intruder last week.<\/p>

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The charge is shooting with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis has already been granted bail in the All Saint’s Magistrate’s court.<\/p>

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A police source told Antigua Newsroom, there is disagreement on the bench as to whether the former cop should have been granted bail.<\/p>

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On December 20, a man described as an intruder was shot in Jolly Hill, Bolans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man was reportedly trying to enter a dwelling house\u00a0when he was allegedly shot by the ex-police officer.<\/p>

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He was reportedly seen in the area the night before, giving rise to suspicion among villagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not the first time that Francis has had brushes with the law in 2010 he was convicted for shooting a Jamaican man confining him to a wheelchair his appeal also failed.

The ex-cop had been ordered to pay $250,000 compensation to Damien Watson following an incident in Jennings in March 2007. Watson was shot after Francis said he pulled a cutlass on him.<\/p>

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