A ‘bailer woman’ who confessed to using fake documents to obtain bail for several accused individuals is now seeking bail to attend her mother’s funeral.
When the matter was called up on Friday in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court Christine Harvey pleaded guilty to two counts of each: obtaining bail by means of false pretense, conspiracy to defraud, uttering forged documents, and possession of forged document.
The court was told that an July 26, Harvey went to the Gun Court Registry on King Street in downtown Kingston and tendered a Government of Jamaica driver’s licence to securefor an accused. The following day the process was completed and the accused man was bailed.
Two months later Harvey returned to the same registry and tendered the same documents in her name to bail another man. However, the process was not completed. Two days later, when Harvey returned to complete the process, it was discovered that the licence was a forgery.
When she was pleaded for conspiracy, Harvey told the court that a man gave her the licence.
Before setting the sentencing date, Harvey, who was represented by attorney-at-law CJ Mitchell, beckoned to Chief Parish Judge Judith Pusey.
Clutching to a sheet of paper in the dock, Harvey indicated that she had a letter that she wanted Judge Pusey to read.
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