A committal hearing for a 24-year-old man accused in the death of a visiting Guyanese law student has been adjourned until 3 June.
Victor Ince, of Lightfoot West, appeared in court on Wednesday, where Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel set the new date. Prosecutors have been given until 15 April to provide the defence with the case file.
Mr Ince faces two charges: forcibly seizing and confining 19-year-old Joyleen Abraham, and unlawfully causing her death.
Ms Abraham, a law student at the University of Guyana, had travelled to Antigua to visit a friend. She was found unresponsive on 7 May 2025 along a by-road linking New Winthorpes Village to the Jabberwock main road, in the Judges Estate area.
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WHAT THE HELL…! …MAGISTRATE GAVE PROSECUTORS UNTIL ‘…APRIL 15…? WHEN….2028…? …TO GIVE DEFENCE CASE FILE? …MAGISTRATE ‘BUCKING’ THEM UP…?
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Professionally, can boldly say: ‘…MAGISTRATES COULD ALWAYS ‘…BUCK’ THEM UP.’
ANY OTHER WORD IS TROUBLE.
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NOW:
(a) ‘…MAGISTRATES DO NOT DICTATE TO, OR CONTROL THE OFFICE OF ‘DPP: and
(b) …MAGISTRATES ARE NOT ‘…PUBLIC PROSECUTORS:
(c) …MAGISTRATES DO NOT RUN THE OFFICE OF THE DPP: neither
(d) …MAGISTRATES DO NOT INVESTIGATE CRIMES: and
(e) …MAGISTRATES HAVE NO POWER OF ARREST AND CHARGING OF CRIMINALS.’
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MAGISTRATES SHALL STAY IN THEIR LANES:
ACCORDING TO ‘…MINISTER MELFORD NICHOLAS:’
MAGISTRATES MUST ‘…STAY IN THEIR DARN LANES.’
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STILL, ACCEPT THE NEWS: as
(a) ‘…THAT OF A POSSIBLE ‘…FREELANCE REPORTER: and
(b) …NOT ‘…DIRECTIVES: from
(i) ‘…CHIEF MAGISTRATE, NGAIO EMANUEL [Statutory Position: CAP 255: Section 5]: to
(ii) …DPP CLEMENT JOSEPH’ [Constitutional Position: CO: 1981: Section 87].
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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STILL, TOO DARN LONG AND NOTHING SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING.
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