Legal representation for alleged station attacker holds up case
George, Courtney Meade and Gerald Huggins, are charged with carrying an unlicensed firearm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and unlawful possession of explosives.
The three men, along with Kareem Simon who has since pleaded guilty and is serving an 8 year sentence, during the wee hours of November 24, 2010, three of the four allegedly stormed into the Road Town Police Station masked, with a handgun and other weapons. In the process, they allegedly asked the location of confiscated cocaine. According to Police, within minutes they were arrested and subdued.
According to Principal Crown Counsel Tiffany Scatliffe, the men have been in custody for quite some time and she is calling for the matter to be dealt with soon. George and Meade are on remand while Huggins is on bail.
She further stated that George has never gotten any further than appearing before the court. Scatliffe said it was the reason why the case was reassigned while the prosecution was ready for some time and it was unfair to the defendants whose legal counsels were not available.
Meade is represented by Richard Rowe who was not present and was said to be out of the jurisdiction.
A representative from Legal Aid was present and said they have sent out the assignment letter for Mr. George but they did not have a definite answer as to how long it will take for him to be assigned a lawyer.
Judge Redhead said in that regard, “Counsel is not here, they supposed to be arraigned, cannot be arraigned... wasting the court’s time”.
He asked if there was any likelihood that George will be assigned and when, the Legal Aid representative answered in the affirmative but said she could not say when.
Judge Redhead sat aside May 8 for arraignment and firmly stated that Mr. George should be assigned a lawyer by then.
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