Medical physician Jamil Minnis, who’s the son of former Bahamas Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, has been launched on bail after he appeared in courtroom on allegations of performing an abortion on a 15-year-old woman final month.
A Supreme Courtroom decide on Monday granted emergency bail to the 43-year-old, who has additionally been charged together with the minor’s 48-year-old mom and 25-year-old sister.
The ladies confronted expenses of conspiracy to commit abortion and abortion, whereas Minnis confronted a single depend of abortion after they appeared earlier than Senior Justice of the Peace Shaka Serville.
The teenager’s family are accused of conspiring to commit the abortion between September 3 and 4 and Minnis is alleged to have carried out the abortion at his clinic on September 4.
The three weren’t required to enter pleas to the fees as they’ll face trial within the Supreme Courtroom.
Minnis’ lawyer, Damian Gomez KC, known as for a speedy trial, saying the allegations would have an effect on his consumer’s skilled popularity.
However, the Senior Justice of the Peace remanded them to the Bahamas Division of Corrections as a result of he lacked jurisdiction to think about bail for the fees.
However, he later directed police to take the accused to the Central Police Station after being knowledgeable that they’d utilized for emergency bail.
After they appeared earlier than Justice Gullimina Archer-Minns, for the bail listening to, which was closed to the general public, the accused had been every granted US$15,000 bail.
All three should sign up at a police station of their neighborhood as soon as every week.
They may return to courtroom on December 1 to obtain a voluntary invoice of indictment to fast-track their case to the Supreme Courtroom.
In the meantime, Alonzo Pinder, the 25-year-old, who allegedly received the teenager pregnant, was formally charged with illegal sexual activity on September 11.
Prosecutors alleged that he had relations with the teenager between June 1, 2023, and July 31, 2023.
Justice Jeanine Weech-Gomez granted Pinder US$9,500 bail on September 26.
