Ian Mitchell, left, Shuffel Hepburn, centre, and Antoine Thompson, right. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
A Grand Bahama businessman and two Nassau-based attorneys accused of trespassing at a sewage treatment plant in the Lucaya area were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Shuffel Hepburn, 53, of Freeport, and lawyers Ian Mitchell and Antoine Thompson, 46, appeared in Court Two before Magistrate Charlton Smith.
Lawyer Harvey Tynes represented the trio.
It is alleged that on Friday, March 9, the men intentionally and unlawfully trespassed on the property of the Chesapeake Waste Treatment Plant at Midshipman Road, Lucaya.
They all pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Hepburn and the two attorneys were released on police bail following their arrest on Friday.
The police prosecutor had no objection to bail.
Mr Tynes asked the court to allow the bail conditions to stand as they are, but the magistrate said the police bail would have to be replaced with court bail, which would have to be signed by the three accused.
Magistrate Smith adjourned the matter to June 5 in Court Two.
Mr Hepburn, who is also an environmental activist, has been embroiled in a bitter feud with the wastewater sewage treatment plant over alleged foul odours in the Chesapeake Subdivision where he owns a residence.
The facility is operated by the Grand Bahama Utility Company, a subsidiary of the Grand Bahama Port Authority.
He believes the facility should not have been built in the residential subdivision.
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