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GeneralPawpa Brown hearing: prosecution agrees with defense, but still objects to bail


Bradley added that the third party indicted was Steve ?Inseck? Reneau, 43, who was apprehended on July 22, 2005, at the Miami, Florida, international airport by the requested state, the USA. Bradley added that Reneau is presently out on bail in the United States, a bail that was offered to him on July 28 when he appeared in the Miami Federal Center. The bail, he said, was even set on two conditions.


One ? Reneau could post US$22,500 and get sureties for the remainder of the money; or two – he could post U.S$7,500 and pay a surety of $50,000.


With that in consideration, Bradley said, he saw no reason why the other two parties should languish in prison until the prosecution dealt with the lengthy delay of the proceedings by taking a ?case stated? to the Supreme Court.


Bradley mentioned three occasions that Kaseke asked for lengthy adjournments and still provided the court with no new evidence and/or excuse.


Bradley also mentioned that the brothers? father is gravely ill, providing the court with a medical certificate to prove so. He said that Andrew and Floyd are the only two sons, and asked that they be able to spend these trying times at their father?s side.


Godwin Arzu, Crown Counsel in the Solicitor General?s office, represented the Sol Gen today. He said that he was instructed to oppose bail. His reply to the submission was short. He said that the grounds on which Bradley was requesting bail was solid, but he believes that the treaty should be observed honorably between the two countries, and by offering bail, it might not be in compliance with what the treaty between Belize and the U.S. should stand for.


Bradley said that he did not believe that by offering bail it would be disrespecting the treaty. He said that the men were to be treated on the presumption of innocence, quoting the Belize law that a man is innocent until proven guilty.


The court hearing resumes next week Tuesday, August 23, when the Chief Magistrate will deliver his ruling on the submissions made by the defense and the prosecution.


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