History has been made, today March 25th as for the first time in this country, bail has been granted to a person charged with murder.
TTT News understands that on Friday Master Nalini Singh granted the application for bail by accused Joel King, who is charged with the shooting death of Nkosi Harricharan on April 15th, 2014 in Belmont.
The Appeal Court in February, held that Section 5 (1) of the Bail Act was unconstitutional as it had removed the jurisdiction of the court to consider bail for those accused of the capital offence.
Mr King was granted bail in the sum of $1.5 million or a cash alternative of 575 thousand dollars.
Master Nalini Singh told the court, no doubt the offence for which he was charged was serious, but was only one consideration the court had to look at before deciding whether to grant bail.
She said having reviewed all the electronic files and submissions of the prosecution and defence, the State had failed to show why King should remain in custody.
Master Singh then imposed 21 conditions for bail. If the accused breaches any he will be immediately arrested and have his bail revoked.