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Criminals will continue to be granted bail – Dr. Luncheon

Dec 05, 2008 News

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, has said that the issue of criminals wanted by police still securing bail on a continuous basis by the court is a matter that he suspects will continue in the future.

Dr. Luncheon was responding to a question posed by a reporter at his post Cabinet media briefing yesterday at the Office of the President.

He spoke about the recent killing of James Gibson by the security forces in Berbice, even as Gibson was wanted by the police on a court matter. He too had been released on bail.

According to the Cabinet Secretary, society will have to determine how it addresses the issues of bail and bailable offences, as the government has already made its position clear.

“Recent enactments have shown in our context of controlling crime and violence that we are prepared to deny bail to those who have been or are accused of certain categories of crime…It is not only Berbice, but also on the Essequibo Coast recently…The return to crime is almost being encouraged and bail, although being challenged by state prosecutors, is often granted and the end result is that offenders who might have been safely accommodated at the State’s expense are on the road and preying on innocent Guyanese, property and lives,” Dr. Luncheon said.

He explained that the matter will continue to surface because criminals will continue committing crimes and the police and law enforcement agencies will continue to apprehend them.

Dr. Luncheon added that granting bail to criminals will continue on whatever basis despite the fight put up by the prosecutors.

“It’s going to remain a source of some friction in the society, particularly for those families who suffer and those who die knowing that this particular criminal, whether caught or not, had already passed through the court system and through some leniency, was released on bail to continue careers in crime.”

James Gibson was a former GDF officer who was charged jointly with Oliver Hinckson for possession of illegal firearms and ammunition.

Gibson was earlier charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm believed stolen from a policeman.
He was placed on bail, and was the source of protest organized by his mother when the authorities refused to release him from custody although the courts had ordered his release.

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