No Bail for Kern, Yesterday..Today, Maybe?

Kern Spencer, former PNP Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, spent another night in prison, last night.

The Deputy Bail Clerk decided to stick to her guns, yesterday, and not work a minute after the time designated for her to stop working (3:30 p.m.).

(However, a prominent lawyer stated that  Bail Clerks have such a huge workload to complete for at least two (2) hours following their designated work, stop time,  that there is no way for them to accommodate bail processing after 3:30 p.m.)

As a result, Mr. Patrick Roberts, Mr. Spencer's surety, could not post bail on Mr. Spencer's behalf.

[The bail-posting process proved to be a very tedious one for Mr. Roberts (PNP Caretaker for West Central St. Andrew, who put up his property for the bail amount), yesterday.

He tried to post bail at 10:00 a.m., having gone to court with the relevant papers. This was when he found out that in order to post bail, the property Title had to be notified by a Justice of the Peace and the property be recently valuated.

Mr Roberts had to get all of this done, yesterday and thus was not able to meet the 3:30 p.m. deadline, yesterday.]

Mr. Rodney Chin, on the other hand, was able to post bail.

(His attorney, Mrs. Valerie Neita-Robertson told Television Jamaica News that Mr. Spencer's and Miss Wright's attorneys could not be found, as they were out of office. She had been asked to intervene in offering guidance to the process for the posting bail on behalf of Mr. Spencer and Miss Wright.)

As a part of their continued investigations, the police searched the present and former homes of Mr. Spencer's parents and the business place of Mr. Spencer's stepfather.

Meanwhile, the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, the government agency reportedly responsible for oversight of the Cuban Light Bulb Project , is reporting that Coleen Wright, one of Mr. Spencer's co-accused, was not employed by them, but was assigned to Mr.Spencer on his own accord.

[Girl With a Purpose (GWAP) Blog previously reported (based on media reports) that Ms. Wright was a supervisor in the Ministry of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, but as it stands, no one is quite sure as to which government agency/Ministry, Ms. Wright was assigned.]

The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has yet to make any public statement concerning Mr. Spencer's imprisonment and his future with the Party and his constituency of North East St. Elizabeth.

(Mr. Spencer, who is the Member of Parliament for North Eastern St. Elizabeth, had offered to not attend Parliament, until investigations into the Cuban Light Bulb Project were completed.)

We will keep you informed re updates re this case.

Gillian

Sources Include

1) Television Jamaica Nightly News at 7:00 p.m, February 28, 2008.

2) Programme, "Cover Story", Nationwide News Radio, February 28, 2008

3) Programme, "This Morning", Nationwide News Radio, February 29,2008

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