The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

THERE is absolutely no doubt the liberal granting of bail to persons who must be locked up because they are a constant threat to the peace and tranquility of our neighbourhoods is the cause.

How many charged persons for murder are roaming our neighbourhoods every hour every day and through the silence of the night?

Last year, 2015, there were 147 murders - 2016 there have been 100 murders so probably there are 247 persons charged with murder roaming free as a bird, free as a good citizen with the same privileges, but terrorising everyone.

When the good AG comes home from Hong Kong maybe she can instruct her Legal Drafters to draft an Amendment to the Bail Act which finally will control the granting of Bail to persons who are charged with the act of murder.

It is a rather an easy exercise ... maybe a single paragraph - get it approved by Cabinet and sent to the House for legislating - fast track and by January, 2017 no longer will a person charged with murder roam the streets not in fear, but causing extraordinary fear in the public.

If this Christie Government can’t do this then all I can say they endorse crime - illegal activities and do not have the heart, safety and security of the public to heart.

The Bail Act is the fault - we have 300 charged criminals for murder freely roaming the streets terrorising everyone.

W THOMPSON

Nassau,

December 2, 2016.