By Leandra Rolle
Tribune Staff Reporter
lrolle@tribunemedia.net
A SUPREME Court judge revoked the bail of a man who allegedly breached his bail more than 10 times ahead of his murder and attempted murder trial, which is set for next month.
Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson ordered Donald Cox, 27, to remain in custody after prosecutors applied for the court to revoke his bail when he failed to charge his electronic monitoring device earlier this month.
Cox is accused of fatally shooting Perron Bain and 5th grader Lorencia Walkes and attempting to murder Leroy Sands in Belville Circle in 2020.
Prosecutors argued that Cox was not a fit and proper candidate for bail, noting he had a history of non-compliance.
Last May, Cox was fined $3,500 for breaching his bail five times that month. In September, he was fined $4,000 after being charged with another five counts of bail violation.
Police said his latest bail violation happened between January 5 and 6, when he allegedly failed to charge his monitoring device.
“The applicant verily believes that if the respondent remains on bail, he will continue to breach his bail conditions,” court documents said.
However, Cox contended that he was not at fault for this latest alleged breach.
He told Justice Grant-Thompson that when the device is about to die, a light indicator or vibrator comes on, but this didn’t happen this time. He also alleged that he was in custody on January 6 “and therefore could not have breached his bail conditions.”
In her ruling, Justice Grant-Thompson said his previous bail convictions were concerning and indicated his “propensity to disregard bail”, among other things.
“Therefore, due to the serious nature of the offences charged, the fact that the respondent is in the court’s view likely to abscond, his clear disregard of the court bail conditions, this honourable court finds that the respondent’s bail should be and is therefore revoked,” she said. “Moreover, that the respondent is ordered to remain in the custody of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.”
“His bail for one count of murder and one count of attempted murder is hereby revoked. This behaviour is unacceptable.”
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