Miami, CMC- The sentencing listening to date for the previous managing director of the BVI Ports Authority Managing Director, Oleanvine Maynard, was once more deferred.
Final yr, Maynard confessed to serving to former Premier Andrew Fahie orchestrate a drug and cash laundering conspiracy to smuggle 1000’s of kilos of cocaine by way of the territory’s waters and to cover the proceeds coming from their efforts.
Maynard’s preliminary sentencing date was set for August 21, 2023, after her responsible plea and settlement to supply testimony towards Fahie in trade for a decreased sentence.
Nevertheless, the courtroom continued to shift that date as repeated delays arose with the beginning of Fahie’s trial.
The courtroom didn’t give a cause for the newest change within the sentencing date for Maynard however introduced in a short discover final Thursday that the sentencing listening to was reset to March 28 — only one month forward of the anticipated sentencing date for Fahie.
Maynard’s son, Kadeem Stephan Maynard, was sentenced on November 20, 2023, to serve 57 months in jail after he additionally pleaded responsible final yr to a single depend of conspiracy to import cocaine.
In the meantime, Fahie’s sentencing date has been questioned after an unprecedented post-verdict conundrum arose following his conviction on February 8.
Moments after, Fahie was led out of the courtroom. These two jurors agreed that Fahie was responsible of 4 counts of conspiracy, communicated with the choose, and second ideas about their verdicts, which initiated a uncommon battle after the trial’s conclusion.
Choose Kathleen Williams known as discussions between the 2 sides so significant. She stated attorneys ought to proceed analyzing previous instances in South Florida and nationwide to discover a simply resolution for Fahie.
The courtroom is anticipated to listen to extra from the protection and prosecution on March 7, when a possible authorized resolution to Fahie’s post-verdict challenge could also be determined.
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