And while Bradley is making the case in the curt of public opinion - in the real courtroom, he knows that the prosecution must prove her guilt. So, today, he and his client sat patiently through the PI procedure.
I was in that courtroom and spoke with Bradley when it was done:
Dickie Bradley - Attorney-At-Law
"Today the preliminary inquiry in relation to the manslaughter by negligence charge was conducted by magistrate Christina Perrera and there is a procedure where lawyers can challenge some of the evidence, some of the written evidence from witnesses. We notified the magistrate that we will leave that for another venue and that she could proceed to do what is called a paper committal. She would receive all the statements and the exhibits and if she is satisfied that among the evidence presented to her there is a charge to be answered then she will send the matter to the supreme court. She has done so. She has placed Ms. Jasmine Hartin on the same bail as was offered at the supreme court level. Miss Hartin has been able to meet that bail and so now she is now directed by the magistrate to appear at the supreme court jurisdiction which does matters for appeals and the villages in the Belize district on the 13th day of June which is when the June session of the supreme court gets underway. It doesn't say that the trial will start on that date but she will be in the supreme court in terms of no longer coming to the San Pedro magistrate court."
Among the listed evidence was the description of a photo of Hartin taken in the immediate aftermath of the manslaughter wearing a white tank top with a lace collar soaked in blood.
We'll keep following that case as it goes to trial - sometime later this year.
