NASSAU, Bahamas, May 6, CMC -A senior police officer is due to re-appear in court on July 7 after he was granted US$7,500 bail on charges of causing harm, threats of death, assault with a deadly instrument and possession of a firearm to put another in fear.
Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley granted bail to Assistant Superintendent Aaron Wilson following an incident on May 2, involving his wife and another man. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecution alleges that Wilson pulled his service revolver on Emmanuel Petithomme, threatened to kill him and injured him. He’s also accused of injuring his wife, Jessica Wilson.
The prosecutor, Inspector Kingsley Wilkinson, did not object to bail but asked the court to tag him with an ankle bracelet.
However, defence lawyer, Tonique Lewis, successfully argued that to put an ankle bracelet on an officer with no pending matters was extreme. She told the court that her client is also a student at Eugene Dupuch Law School and is due to sit exams soon.
She said it would be degrading for him to be wearing an ankle bracelet while taking exams with other future lawyers.
Magistrate Reckley in setting the bail, ordered Wilson to report to a police station every Friday before 6.00 pm (local time).
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