{"id":39850,"date":"2019-06-22T11:26:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=39850"},"modified":"2019-06-22T11:26:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:26:43","slug":"new-committal-hearing-ordered-in-criminal-case-against-three-former-upp-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/new-committal-hearing-ordered-in-criminal-case-against-three-former-upp-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"New committal hearing ordered in criminal case against three former UPP Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Court of Appeal overturned a magistrate\u2019s decision to dismiss charges against three former United Progressive Party, (UPP) Ministers.<\/span><\/p>

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UPP Party Leader, Harold Lovell and Former Ministers, Dr Jacqui Quinn and Wilmoth Daniel were charged with Corruption, Fraudulent Conversion and Larceny.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The charges arose out of an investigation into three buses donated to the former UPP administration at a total value of about $600,000.<\/span><\/p>

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Investigators alleged the accused had the buses registered in their names and kept them for their personal use while they were in public office.<\/span><\/p>

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Magistrate Conliffe Clark dismissed the charges during committal proceedings in March 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

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However, during a hearing Friday, the Court of Appeal remitted the case to the Magistrates Court for a new committal hearing after agreeing with arguments put forward by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Anthony Armstrong.<\/span><\/p>

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The DPP\u2019s main argument was that Magistrates Clark used the wrong legal test in determining if the charges could be committed to the High Court for trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the DPP, the correct test for assessing evidence at committal proceedings in Antigua & Barbuda is set out at section 42C of the Magistrates Code of Procedure (Amendment) Act 2004.<\/span><\/p>

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However, Magistrate Clark had utilized the legal test as stated in Galbraith [1981], which is used as a guide in \u201cno case\u201d submission proceedings.<\/span><\/p>

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