A FORMER police prosecutor was yesterday (Friday, March 01, 2019) arraigned before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, on three fraud-related charges.

Kerry Bostwick, a 34-year-old resident of Pike Street, Kitty and father of one, pleaded not guilty to all the charges relative to collecting money from the family of Tyrone Kennedy, promising to ‘haul out’ his (Tyrone’s) case.

The first charge alleged that, on January 31, 2017, at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Bostwick, under false pretence, collected the sum of $100,000 from Tollecia Odel, guaranteeing her that he would see that Tyrone Kennedy’s firearm case was ruled out.
The second charge read that, in December 2016, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Bostwick obtained another sum of $100,000 from Kennedy’s sister, Moreine Kalli, claiming that he would dismiss her brother’s case.

Then later on in January 2017, it was alleged that Bostwick collected the sum of $100,000 from Kennedy’s mother, promising to drop her son’s matter in court.

Between the years 2016-2017, Bostwick was the prosecutor for Kennedy’s firearm case and offered the family a rewarding package, if they gave him the sum of $300,000.
He was later arrested and the matter was reported. The former police-prosecutor was sent to prison until the case was thoroughly investigated. He lost his job and awaited his appearance in court.

He was represented by Attorneys-at-Law Bernard Da Silva, George Thomas and Adrian Thompson. An application for bail was filed since Bostwick is the sole provider of his five-year-old son and he has no prior altercations with the law.

Prosecutor Sanj Singh made no objection to bail being granted. Bail was set at a total of $150,000. Bostwick will make his next appearance in court on March 22, 2019.