| An entire month ago, we told you about Gabriel Casey, the bailiff at the Magistrate's Court Department, who has been accused by multiple persons of serial irregularities in the conduct of his duties.
At the time, we pressed for comments from the Magistracy Department, and we never got any. Last week Friday, however, out of nowhere the Chief Magistrate issued a press release, the first ever from her desk.
The best part is that it wasn't sent to the only media house which ran the story. It was sent to 4 other media houses, none of which picked up the story - so the press release was kind of like a secret, one we just got wind of it yesterday. It says, quote
"Bailiff … Casey was taken before the Public Service Commission for breaches of….the Public Service Regulations. The Public Service Commission recommended that Casey be reinstated…."
The important thing in the release is that it says that Heritage Bank did not bring criminal charges, but that was their "prerogative". That suggests clearly that there was a criminally actionable offence, but the bank - as banks often do - chose not to act upon it, and to handle it in a discreet fashion. That's standard operating procedure for banking institutions, however, the odd release does not refer to other substantial allegations corroborated by receipts, and other information provided by the complainants.
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