As we told you, Attorney Bradley responded to the defence's post trial announcement by casting doubt on any hope for a successful appeal.
According to Bradley, it would be unlikely that the defence can overturn what in his opinion is an airtight decision delivered by the person he considers to be Belize's best judge.
Dickie Bradley, Attorney-At-Law
"That is right. But I listened carefully and I want to say two things, one is that Justice Antoinette Moore is seldom disagreed with at the court of appeal and the other one is that that judgement today with went up until midday according to the court clock that was so impeccable and covered every angle and you all heard the testimony in the court. The testimony is just too strong. It is unlikely on appeal that a court of appeal will say that the Justice had erred in those matters. Now, you can also appeal against the sentence, if the sentence is too severe or does not fit the crime but in terms of the officer saying I discharged my gun in terms of there has been no evidence that anybody discharged a gun, everybody else could have had a weapon with them that night there but the fact is that the officer said I discharged my gun. His gun was signed in and signed out. His gun has a serial number and that weapon was tested with the only shell that was found at the scene of the shooting just a few hours after it occurred. Officer Choco was diligent enough to conduct a search, they found the shell. The shell doesn't match any other gun nor can it match any other gun because that isn't how bullets slugs and shells operate. We all only have fingerprint."
