By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was sent to prison yesterday after he was charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on bail for murder earlier this month.
Alcot Fox, 28, faced Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on a charge of murder.
Fox is alleged to have shot and killed 22-year-old Malik Fernander around 11pm on November 10 in Rolleville, Exuma.
According to police reports, the victim was found lying on a track road by authorities with multiple apparent gunshot wounds to the upper body.
At the time of his death Fernander was out on bail on charges of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder from 2018. On February 16 of that year in New Providence, Fernander was accused in the shooting deaths of Rashad Bethel and D’Siorn Symonette as well as a failed attempt on Roland Brown’s life.
Fox was not required to enter a plea in court. He was informed that his matter would be fast tracked to the Supreme Court by a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI).
The accused was also told that as the magistrate lacked the jurisdiction to grant him bail he had the right to apply for it in the Supreme Court.
Until bail is granted to Fox he will be remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
Fox’s VBI is set for service on January 30, 2023.
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