‘Bob’ & ‘Tico’ to know fate on July 25, 2017
The hearing was heard in camera over three weeks in the Magistrate’s Court in John’s Hole.
And for the first time in any court proceedings in the Virgin Islands (British), the prosecution demanded the Governor, who ordered the second hearing of the two men on the request of the United States Justice Department, to appear in court physically as opposed to the submission of a written document which is the usual practice.
The same governor, John S. Duncan OBE, had exercised his powers in the VI Constitution to take monies from the Consolidated Fund to pay for the extradition hearing, among other things.
This is the second time in the history of the relationship between the Virgin Islands (VI) and the United States of America (USA), a treaty signed years ago between the USA and the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, called an extradition treaty, is being tested.
The first extradition request was made by the USA in 2011 to have two men extradited to the US mainland and, according to a former Deputy Governor Elton Georges, “this to my memory is the second such request as one was made in the 90s but it failed on technicality.”
It is our understanding that the Treaty is administered by the USA State Department and the request document was signed in 2011 by then Secretary of State Hillary D. Rodham Clinton to have Earl Delville Hodge, aka ‘Bob Hodge’, and ex Customs Officer, Roberto Harrigan aka ‘Tico’ brought to the USA to be tried for alleged narcotics transactions.
The first extradition hearing went in favour of Hodge and Harrigan.
Meanwhile, the historic second extradition hearing was being funded to the tune of over $15,000 a month, which included salary, allowances, security and other associated costs for an imported Magistrate, Mr Shawn Innocent of St Lucia.
The extradition hearing began on June 6, 2017.
If this extradition succeeds, a warrant will then be issued for Hodge and Harrigan to be extradited to the USA to stand trial. However, the men have a total of 14 days to appeal the order by filing a writ of habeas corpus.
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