EXCLUSIVE: ‘I feel like a new born child’ – Jomo Jack
On Monday October 27, 2014 for the first time after over two years Mr Jack walked out of the Magistrate’s Court free of the silver bracelets, a symbol of a man deprived of his freedom. That afternoon he spoke exclusively with Virgin Islands News Online when he described the moment. “It is a refreshing feeling like a new born child coming into the world,” he said.
Jack was among five who were being jointly tried for the allegations against them and over the years while he maintained his innocence he had the feeling that those responsible for his incarceration were not working expeditiously as they should to ensure justice comes at the earliest. “I know that justice would have come but I was in fear of the prosecution prolonging the cases in as much as it eventually tried and I know that I wasn’t guilty of anything from the start,” said Jack.
He said that more than anything being someone who is not a citizen of the Virgin Islands it took a lot out of him in his attempt to prove his innocence while being behind bars and away from the strongest support one can ever get: family.
“I am not from here, anything I want get done I have to actually pay somebody to transporting it. It’s costly, I am speechless basically,” he said trying to express the feeling of being free to move around while he awaits the continuation of the trial.
“The truth is I suffered a great loss, I have two kids, my mom she is the most influential thing to me right now. It is heart aching for her only child and me as a businessman… I lost a lot of work.”
The moment he left the court his first focus was getting on the next available flight out of the Virgin Islands to head back to his home country as the ruling of Magistrate Dr Velon L. John did not relinquish those rights as a condition for bail.
“I going back to see what I could get done… I want to see my mom… I want to say thanks to the father the most high my mom has always been very influential person…. There was never a moment when I got off the phone with her [and didn’t hear] the particular saying cease not from praying and that has been sticking with me for the two and half years,” he said.
He said that while he will be gone from the islands he will not be running for facing the law to the end of the trial as he will be back at every date that he is to appear and further hopes to also return with the other three are to be tried as well.
“It was like a moment of achievement, I never one day had backed down, more than anything while in there (prison) I would have gained strength. I wrote to the supreme court multiple times, I wrote to the prosecution service commission and I complained when it needed to be done and I received correspondence from everybody I wrote to but the most was that we have received x, y, z and we are looking into it. All I was praying for was the day in court which eventually came,” he said
Jack said that he had no confidence in the prosecution at all, “But if it was up to the prosecution I don’t think it would have been like that because they had wanted to further prolong the trial and schedule the trial in terms with other cases in the High Court. They know the whole drift because they responsible for it.”
He said that his case is clear in the interest of justice, “A thousand dollar bail speaks volumes.”
Actually it is not really clear when Jack and the others will be back in the court as the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has issued notice of their intention to seek of the Appeal Court a stay of the trial as the also are looking to appeal a number of matters consequent of Magistrate Dr Velon L. John October 26, 2014 decision to let the men walk freely while they await the continuation of the their trial.
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23 Responses to “EXCLUSIVE: ‘I feel like a new born child’ – Jomo Jack”
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The RVIPGang was tryin to ROB these man, ok. The magistrate realized this, and doesn't want the s..t to hit the fan.
Your name says it all, hence your stupid comment. I say no more.