Magistrate in Gary Best trial a no-show

…prosecution serves statement

Three months after national cyclist, Jude Bentley was struck down and killed on the Rupert Craig Highway, executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best, who is accused of causing his death, was served with the statements of the trial.

The statement is evidence that the police have collected to prosecute the case against Best.

However, on Monday when the statements were served, Magistrate Rondel Weever, who will be presiding over the matter, was absent from court, thus forcing an adjournment for July 16, 2020.
On March 4, 2020, one month after the accident, Best was charged for the death of the cyclist and was not required to plea to the indictment which stated that on February 8, 2020, at Clive Lloyd Drive, Georgetown, he drove motor car PRR 8182 in a dangerous manner to the public, thereby causing the death of

Bentley.
Magistrate Faith McGusty heard the matter and accepted a bail application conferred by Attorneys Nigel Hughes and James Bond and the accused was granted $500,000. Best was also charged for driving under the influence of alcohol.
He, nevertheless, denied the charge and was released on self-bail on the DUI charge. As a condition for bail, he is required to report to the Police Force’s Traffic Headquarters on specified dates until the completion of his trial.
Meanwhile, Bentley’s daughter, Jada Bentley, lamented the snail’s pace that the trail is currently moving at while noting that she still cannot come to grips with this loss.
“I really do not like how things are going with the trial, and I usually try to find out, but I don’t hear anything,” she posited.
She explained that it feels like her quest for justice is a never-ending one.