When one reads about some of the judgments being handed down by Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey, it becomes more difficult with each passing day to retain confidence in her as a judge.
The first sign that all was not well was when she sentenced a man who stole a few mangoes, to three months in jail, in a country where people routinely get suspended sentences or a slap on the wrist for stealing millions!
Then came the decision that shocked the nation, when Pusey ruled that Kern Spencer, the former Junior Minister of Technology, who had been charged with stealing over $200 million in what is known as the "Cuban Light bulb Scandal" had no case to answer.
This shocking judgement was closely followed by the dismissal of the case against two Surinamese visitors, Gene Roshen Daniels and Reingoud Mackel Murvoin, who had been charged by the police for having some $60 million in cash on them, money which they had not declared on entering the island nor could they give the police any explanation for how they had acquired it.
Does this mean that any terrorist can now bring millions into Jamaica to buy weapons to carry out murderous acts anywhere in the world without anyone being able to stop them? For according to the Pusey doctrine, it is now legal to walk around the country with millions in cash without ever having to declare it, explain source or explain what it is to be used for!!!!
I wonder if Pusey and the powers that be in Jamaica recognize the implications of this judgement!?
The first sign that all was not well was when she sentenced a man who stole a few mangoes, to three months in jail, in a country where people routinely get suspended sentences or a slap on the wrist for stealing millions!
Then came the decision that shocked the nation, when Pusey ruled that Kern Spencer, the former Junior Minister of Technology, who had been charged with stealing over $200 million in what is known as the "Cuban Light bulb Scandal" had no case to answer.
This shocking judgement was closely followed by the dismissal of the case against two Surinamese visitors, Gene Roshen Daniels and Reingoud Mackel Murvoin, who had been charged by the police for having some $60 million in cash on them, money which they had not declared on entering the island nor could they give the police any explanation for how they had acquired it.
Does this mean that any terrorist can now bring millions into Jamaica to buy weapons to carry out murderous acts anywhere in the world without anyone being able to stop them? For according to the Pusey doctrine, it is now legal to walk around the country with millions in cash without ever having to declare it, explain source or explain what it is to be used for!!!!
I wonder if Pusey and the powers that be in Jamaica recognize the implications of this judgement!?
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