By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
TWO men faced the Magistrate’s Court yesterday on separate charges of violating the conditions of their Supreme Court bail for murder and attempted murder respectively.
Charles Whyms, 29, stood before Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on a charge of violation of bail conditions. This was in connection with his bail granted in the Supreme Court after he was accused of the murder of Omar Dorsette on December 27, 2017.
Between April 30 and September 19, Whyms is accused of failing to charge his electronic monitoring device (EMD).
In court, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
As there was no objection to bail, it was granted to Whyms at $9,000 with two sureties. The condition of his bail requires him to sign in at Central Police Station every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 7pm.
Whyms’s trial for this matter will begin on January 26, 2023.
The second man, Dion Exelant, 20, represented by attorney Ciji Smith-Curry, faced Magistrate Vogt-Evans on four counts of bail violation. He is on bail for the attempted murder of Tarrico Bowleg on April 23.
Between September 6-15, the accused is said to have failed to charge his EMD.
In court Exelant pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. The accused said that he had been unable to charge his EMD for three days while in police custody.
It was at this point that Magistrate Vogt-Evans acknowledged that there had been apparent issues with charging EMDs.
This comes after Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander confirmed earlier this week that 38 men on bail were charged with bail breaches, with many citing issues with their monitoring devices.
With reference to Exelant’s matter, he was granted bail at $9,000 with two sureties and was ordered to sign in at Carmichael Road Police Station every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 7pm.
In addition to being expected to continue wearing his EMD the accused was also sternly warned by the magistrate not to breach his bail conditions.
Exelant’s trial is set for October 3.
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