Kern Spencer Expected to Post Bail Today!

Kern Spencer, former PNP State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, in Jamaica, is expected to post bail of JMD $10, million today.

(Please read our previous post,"Kern Spencer, Former Jamaican Junior Energy Minister, Charged!" for background to this post.)

Mr. Spencer, Rodney Chin and Coleen Wright were offered bail in the sums of JMD $10 million, JMD $10 million and JMD $5 million respectively, yesterday.

Their travel documents were also seized.

Both Mr.Spencer and Ms. Wright were offered bail with three sureties and Mr. Chin, 4 sureties.

(According to www.YourRights.co.uk, a surety is one someone who knows you personally and offers the court a sum of money to guarantee you will attend court when required. They do not have to pay the money in court, but have to show that they have it available. If you then do not turn up at court on time, they may have to pay the money or even go to prison themselves if unable to do so.)

But since they were seen late yesterday evening in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court, they were not able to post bail, as the Bail Court closed at 4:00 p.m.

Their court hearing is set for March 26,2008.

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Since we posted on Tuesday:

1) Mr. Spencer's four (4) counts/charges of Money Laundering were increased to six (6) and the police raided the residences of all three accused, as a part of their investigations.

2) All three (3) spent Tuesday and Wednesday nights in prisons in Kingston (one of the capitals cities in Jamaica).

3) The People's National Party (PNP) Executive should be meeting, today, to ascertain Mr. Spencer's future with the Party. (Some of them met with the lawyers of the accused, yesterday, in a status meeting at PNP Headquarters.)

Will keep you updated!

Gillian

Sources Include:

1) Nationwide News Radio, February 27-28,2008
2) TVJ Evening News at 7:00, February 27,2008