The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

A MAN must wait another week before he learns whether he will be granted bail ahead of trial in connection with the robbery of Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis.

Jeffrey King appeared before Justice Vera Watkins yesterday for the judge’s expected ruling on a bail application argued by his lawyer Geoffrey Farquharson.

However, the Supreme Court judge said she was not in a position to give the ruling because she had been dealing with another trial. Justice Watkins said she would be ready to deal with the matter on May 26 at 1pm.

King, 25, Tyrone Knowles, 25 and 21-year-old Marc McCartney are scheduled to stand trial on May 2, 2016, if the matter does not begin on July 6, 2015.

They are accused of robbing Mr Davis of jewellery worth $93,000, a jewellery box worth $200, Baraka gold jewellery worth $700, an opal top wallet worth $450, a Royal Bank of Canada credit card and a driver’s licence worth $15.

The three are further accused of robbing Mr Davis’ wife, Ann Marie Davis, of $2,953, and Wilberforce Seymour of $10. Mr Davis was acting prime minister at the time of the incident.

In March, Knowles filed for bail partly on the grounds that co-accused McCartney was granted $9,500 bail ahead of trial by Justice Watkins in December.

However, the judge ruled, among other reasons, that denying the 25-year-old a bond was “necessary to ensure his appearance at trial”.