Crown awaiting phone transcripts in Henley & Fahie case
Henley is slapped with 14 counts of breach of trust. Photo: VINO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the breach of trust charges against Brian Henley and Clarence Fahie has hit a snag because the Crown is waiting on the telephone transcripts from the United Kingdom before they can proceed, according to Principal Crown Counsel Tiffany Scatliffe.
The duo, who are on bail, appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday January 27, 2012 to ascertain the status of their case. The transcripts will be ready sometime in February.
Interdicted Immigration Officer Henley, 50, is charged with 14 counts of breach of trust for allegedly stamping the passports of 13 Brazilian nationals in February 2011, while Fahie is charged with one count of breach of trust.
Court records revealed that on January 14, 2011 it is believed that an unknown number of nationals entered the Virgin Islands (VI) in an unknown vessel, and six days later – January 20, the US authorities received information that a boat was leaving Cane Garden Bay en-route to the USVI. The vessel was intercepted by US officials the following day and subsequently four persons were nabbed.
When questioned, the individuals revealed that their passports were stamped in the Virgin Islands by an Immigration Officer. Officers were able to determine the signature to be that of Henley.
Fahie allegedly assisted Henley in clearing a vessel in 2011. Photo: VINO
Investigations also indicated that the four individuals were not properly cleared in the VI. The following month, on February 10, 2011 it is alleged that Henley met the vessel MV Paint In Black at Village Cay marina where he cleared 13 Brazilians. The court heard he contacted Fahie to assist him.
It is alleged after he cleared the Brazilians he used his personal taxi to transport them to a guest house in Cane Garden Bay. However, on February 11, through an anonymous tip, Customs and Immigration officers swooped in on the guest house and took the 13 individuals into custody.
They were subsequently interviewed and repatriated to their homeland. According to the prosecution, Village Cay is an unauthorized port of entry and if an officer had to clear a vessel, permission had to be granted from the Chief Immigration Officer or Commissioner of Customs. But from all indications, there is no documentation from either Customs or Immigration for the vessel to be cleared.
It was also disclosed that MV Paint In Black came from St. Marteen and that according to the Brazilians they each paid $1,000 to get a BVI stamp.
The men’s matter is adjourned until March 20, 2012.
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see how they going after these two locals its a shame!
TO “SINGLE OUT” but this is nothing new. All locals in the public service especially the male the “MAN” who does not look like us is coming after you!!!!!!
Wow! Your thinking is seriously flawed. You scare me by the way your brain works. You must have “I BORN HERE” syndrome. These officials are messing up the very core of our little island society, with all their runnins. And they are lining their pockets with the trust we put in their control. I hope they go in to the prison hole and get …, the same way they are messing with our system. But they won’t get but a small tap on the wrist, because the judges and he are family! SAD that we have to sit back and watch things crumble. Want to do a debate?
To Single Out! That last message was to you!
this whole thing is sad!!!
look he face like he aint care….
There more officers in the immigration department and the passport office that for years have been allegedly involved in human trafficking. They grant and stamp visas to nationals of other countries for pay and then advise those persons when and how to enter the Territory. There is nothing here about going after any local public servant – the law is the law and it should apply to all regardless of nationality, ethnic group, race or religion.
It is my hope that Fahie was unknowingly assisted in this situation. It would be sad to him imprisoned.
guys you all know they were after you all for a long time and you both walked right into their traps!