By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
TWO men were charged in the Magistrate‘s Court yesterday for allegedly violating their bail while on release on separate murder charges.
Derico “Sparky” John Bowe, 29, represented by attorney Ryszard Humes, was taken before Senior Magistrate Vogt-Evans charged with violating his conditions of bail.
His $40,000 bail on two murder charges was granted in the Supreme Court in July.
He is alleged to have killed Andrew Mackey on May 4 and Arison Pratt on April 30.
Bowe is said to have breached the terms of his court imposed daily curfew by leaving his residence at 9.45pm on September 20.
In court, the accused pleaded not guilty.
With no objections from prosecutor ASP Lewis, bail was again granted to Bowe at $7,000 with one or two sureties. Under the conditions of this bail, the accused is expected to sign in at Central Police Station every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 7pm. He was warned that failure to comply with these terms will result in his bail being revoked.
Bowe’s trial is set for January 26, 2023.
The second man, Keith Stubbs, 26, also faced Magistrate Vogt-Evans on four counts of bail violation.
He was granted $20,000 bail in 2020 for his alleged involvement in the death of 58-year-old Craig Trevor Smith in 2018.
Between September 14-20, Stubbs failed to charge his electronic monitoring device (EMD) on four occasions.
In court, Stubbs pleaded guilty. He told the judge that the electricity was turned off at his residence and that his landlord has yet to resolve the issue. Bowe also said that he has to try and charge his EMD in the morning at a neighbour’s home resulting in some difficulties.
Magistrate Vogt-Evans accepted the defendant’s explanation, warning and discharging him for the matter. The magistrate also advised Stubbs to charge his EMD at the nearest police station.
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