The Dominica High Court has adjourned the bail listening to of fugitive diamond service provider Mehul Choksi to June 11, native media stories stated.
Choksi had approached the excessive courtroom after his bail plea was rejected by the Justice of the Peace. Choksi’s native authorized staff, which incorporates Julian Prevost, Wayne Norde, Wayne Marsh and Cara Shillingford-Marsh, held a bail listening to earlier than High Court Judge Waynette Adrian-Roberts through video-conferencing.
As reported by Dominica News Online, the federal government facet represented by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Sherma Dalrymple “strongly objected” to Choksi’s plea, calling him a flight threat. The decide adjourned the matter until June 11.
The excessive courtroom can be listening to a separate habeas corpus case filed by Choksi’s staff by which the listening to has additionally been adjourned.
Choksi went lacking on May 23 mysteriously from Antigua and Barbuda, the place he has been dwelling as a civilian since 2018.
He was detained within the neighboring island nation of Dominica for unlawful entry after a attainable romantic getaway together with his rumored girlfriend. His legal professionals alleged that Antigua and Indian-looking policemen kidnapped him from Antigua’s Jolly Harbor and introduced him on a ship to Dominica.
The businessman was additionally introduced earlier than a Rosso Justice of the Peace listening to a habeas corpus case on the orders of High Court Judge Bernie Stephenson to reply expenses of unlawful entry, the place he pleaded not responsible however was denied bail. was carried out.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
