Former BVI Premier needs trial date moved to November

Former Premier for the British Virgin Islands, Andrew Fahie, has filed an unopposed movement to have his trial date moved from mid-July to November 2023.

In a seven-page doc filed earlier than a Florida court docket by his lawyer Theresa Van Vliet earlier this week, a change of plea by his two co-accused earlier this month was listed as being among the many causes supplied up for the delay.

Kadeem Maynard and Oleanvine Pickering Maynard each pleaded responsible to at least one depend of conspiracy to import cocaine after prosecutors eliminated expenses of conspiracy to commit cash laundering and tried cash laundering from the indictment the duo confronted. US prosecutors additionally agreed to advocate leniency at sentencing.

Fahie additionally identified that his earlier request to find the id of the prosecution’s confidential supply has nonetheless not been fulfilled by the court docket.

“As beforehand famous, Mr Fahie contends that he wants the knowledge so as to file sure pre-trial motions,” the movement learn. “The Court docket, with out objection from the [prosecution], beforehand dominated that such motions may very well be made anytime earlier than trial.”

Van Vliet instructed the court docket that there’s inadequate time to file the motions, allow the prosecution’s response and any reply, and provides the Court docket time to contemplate the matter or have an evidentiary listening to forward of the slated July 17 trial date.

After preliminary discussions regarding timing with the prosecution, Van Vliet mentioned she was approved to share that the prosecution agrees that the presently set trial date is not going to accommodate filings regarding the pretrial points recognized by Fahie.

That is regardless of the prosecution’s disagreement with the deserves of Fahie’s pre-trial motions and the necessity for an evidentiary listening to within the matter.

“[Fahie] doesn’t have enough time to arrange for a trial on this case in mid-July 2023, nor to deal with any pretrial filings till the [prosecution] completes its discovery obligations and till such time because the Court docket could rule on the pending filings regarding the id of the confidential informant,” the movement learn.

It added: “Contemplating the foregoing, Mr Fahie requests that the Court docket proceed the presently set trial date and reset this matter no prior to November 1, 2023, and additional that it reset all at present set pretrial deadlines.”