The last time we told you about 33 year-old Darrell Henry, he had been forced to spend the Christmas holidays in prison after he was charged with firearm offences.
As we had told you, he was charged with possession of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol, and failure to provide a specimen. Those charges were dismissed by Magistrate Dale Cayetano who upheld a no-case submission from his attorney, Dickie Bradley.
As he was exiting the courtroom, he was immediately rearrested and charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm, keeping unlicensed ammunition, handling stolen goods, and possession of a false document. The firearm charges are an automatic remand, so when it was brought to court, even though his attorney argued that the decision was an abuse of process, he still had to be arraigned and remanded. Despite Bradley's submission that Henry had basically just been acquitted on the same charges, Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer had no choice in the matter.
Today, after 24 days n remand, his case came up, and Henry's family was very hopeful that he would be granted bail. Senior Magistrate Frazer told him however, that the matter has to be heard in the Supreme Court, and she had to remand him to a further date until that bail application goes through. We spoke to his mother, the well-known "Miss Cuna", and she told us that her family believes that a personal grudge is at play:
Delfina "Ms. Cuna" Pantin, mother
"To be honest it start off with the gun charge and thing right, but I don't really understand what is going on because like when I see that he didn't get any bail today, maybe the magistrate knows why he didn't get any bail, maybe he has to go through the supreme court, I don't know but I don't want to maybe say anything something that might affect my son with the case because I am already frustrated and depressed. I left everything in my God's hands because he is everything for me. I don't care what anybody says about Ms. Cuna because everybody knows Ms. Cuna. But I believe in my God and the stage that I am at I can't go anymore, so I put it to him because I don't understand what is happening and I see a lot of GSU officers out there today, plus I saw Mr. Vidal out there. I don't know what happen and what is the problem. But I would ask for my son that I wish everything would get worked out and he gets justice."
"I don't have anything much to say because I don't want maybe the magistrate to think different or whatever because I don't want anything against my son's case. I want everything work out the right way and I don't want ti say anything too much about how I am feeling, but in my heart I feel depressed because I think the entire world can see that it's a personal attack on my child. I think because everybody who has sense - you don't have to go college or any six form to know. That is how I feel. I am not putting anybody, but I don't know what is the problem, but there is a problem and I don't want anytime they see my child they tripped on my child."
Even though Henry's attorney, Anthony Sylvester, has applied for bail in the Supreme Court since January 3, he won't get that bail hearing until next week Friday. His case has been adjourned in the Magistrate Court until February 21.
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