ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Dave “Apple Boy” Rocher, the police constable charged for attacking and robbing a Whenner Road woman, is on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison.
Rocher made his first appearance in the St John’s Magistrates’ Court yesterday before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh.
The officer was charged over the weekend with aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary.
However, when the court got sight of the charges, Chief Magistrate Walsh expressed concern that the constable was charged with offences of “a somewhat similar nature” arising from the same incident.
She told the prosecution that she would not proceed with both charges. The prosecutor asked for the matter to be stood down so as to consult with his superiors.
After a few minutes, the matter was recalled and the prosecution opted to withdraw the aggravated burglary charge.
“What is the difference between the two? The time of day is the only difference. This is nonsensical to charge him with both (charges) arising out of the same circumstances,” Chief Magistrate Walsh said.
Rocher’s legal advocate Lawrence Daniels told the court that the offence, though an allegation, is still serious. He said he would seek bail for his client in the High Court because a magistrate can not grant bail for offences of this nature.
The former Magistrates’ Court orderly is alleged to have held a woman, with whom he is familiar, at gunpoint and robbed her of her gold chain.
Committal proceedings are set for April 11.
(More in today’s Daily OBSERVER)
Wow Dave,there is no need to get all worked up.This was just a single oppinion not a conviction. I am not challenging your intellect, but trying to get clarity for your comments. Instead of calling me names, you could have taken a little time to make your comments more readable.
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always remember K I S S, keep it simple stupid ,,,sorry if i come across to u with my kinda what ever word u created ,but this is y the world is like this because of people like you that believe u know everything but guess what u dont,conceited person and its good u stay on the out side looking in thats were u belong.u should @##4425511@@@## your self
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No offense, but Dave your comprehension is so kindergardenish, it is almost impossible to understand your attempted point of view.However one should not be surprised, of the constant negative events going on on the island.I will not speculate on the guilt or innocence of this man, but let the facts come out and the legal system take it’s course.
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rocher get rid of that lawyer he is not good ,not because he was a officer.good luck mr rocher but what would drive a police officer to rob for a chain thats crazy i just dont see y.is it that cash for gold has gotten to us ,because for me alone i would have gotten rid of this kind of business along time ago.or is it that its a relationship gone sour and he just decided to take the train by force ,which is wrong but the thing for me is what would drive some one to do this,its more to this than it sounds.
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