THERE are a few cases that have gained my attention and subsequent strong response as the Carlyle Barton matter involving Magistrate Fabayo Azore. In my letter to you today, my thoughts and sentiments bear the urgency and seriousness to its full extent, that is, a complete removal of this Magistrate from the bench. I call on the chief justice and the attorney general to move swiftly to effect same. She should first be sent on administrative leave pending a full investigation into the above matter and removal from office, never to stand or practice law in our courts again. Lest anyone should entertain the idea that by calling for administrative leave to mean these endless delays in an ongoing legal investigation, while the horrible magistrate sits idly at home feeding off taxpayers’ money, then, they are horribly wrong.What I am saying is, I want a speedy investigation with the happy result of seeing the back of a ridiculous magistrate. I am saying this with utmost certainty and what the people of this country would be looking forward to.

I make this strong appeal to the authorities in light of the horrible decision she made in the Carlyle Barton case. Here we have a magistrate, without a care in the world, who could have perverted the course of justice by freeing a criminal even before the accused had his day in court. This is a reprehensible act, way past human comprehension. There is no reason or excuse anyone could come up with to try and mitigate the circumstances of such an erroneous decision.
In the simplest way I can explain it, judges and magistrates are really arbiters or referees in a court of law, placed there to see that justice is dispensed in a fair and balanced manner. When you look at the Nelson versus Barton matter, there was no referee, hence no case; but there was a decision; a horrendous decision in freedom for the accused. Outrageous! This kind of behaviour cannot, I repeat, cannot be tolerated; we are already traumatized with a crime-ridden society while further to be burdened by a crime-perpetuating magistrate. No, this is simply too much to handle. I’d rather have one less justice of this type in our courts.
Let me relate to you the sentiments of a friend of mine, whom I called and spoke to soon after the Barton fiasco. His response to me was: “The magistrates always refer to the court as “my court”  …  her court, her decision so why the huff and puff” While this sums up what really took place, he as well as the silly magistrate is ever so wrong. It is our court, the people’s court and we go there for justice to be served not for a circus.

Finally, we are dealing with another case of the Holder-Allen type of magistrate, one who brings her twisted, hidden agendas to our courts. We must act now, in the same way we dealt with Holder-Allen the same must be done with Azore; get rid of her now!

NEIL ADAMS