TCI Sun News - Former Premier Michael Misick was granted bail with conditions by Chief
Justice Edwin Goldsbrough on Tuesday January 7th, hours after returning
to the Turks and Caicos Islands to a hero’s welcome.
However, the
47-year-old former leader was temporarily remanded to prison in Grand
Turk because all of the bail conditions could not be met when the court
closed late Tuesday. If Misick meets the bail conditions before Monday,
January 13th 2014, he will be released earlier.
Earlier in the
day, Misick was denied bail by Magistrate Kelly Cheema, but his legal
team led by Oliver Smith appealed to the chief Justice who overturned
the decision.
The former Premier was returned from Brazil by a US
military plane around 10:30 a.m Tuesday and was quickly taken to the
police headquarters in the island capital where he was questioned for
about two hours and then charged with conspiracy to bribe.
As
Misick entered the courtroom, there was a groundswell of support for
Misick from scores of people from a wide cross-section of the Grand Turk
community.
Several prominent persons from Providenciales also flew over to Grand Turk for the court hearings.
Among
them were Misick’s brothers Ariel Misick, QC and Chal Misick, former
Premier Galmo Williams, businessman Irvin Quelch from Grand Turk, Bishop
Coleta Williams, former Minister McAllister Hanchell and businessman
Crayton Higgs.
The crowd grew and became more vocal when he was taken to the court by police officers.