Maynard’s sentencing pushed back again
A Miami court has once again deferred the sentencing hearing date for former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director, Oleanvine Maynard.
Maynard confessed last year to helping the just-convicted former Premier Andrew Fahie orchestrate a drug and money laundering conspiracy to smuggle thousands of kilos of cocaine through the territory’s waters and to hide the proceeds coming from their efforts.
Maynard’s initial sentencing date was set for August 21, 2023, after her guilty plea and agreement to provide testimony against Fahie in exchange for a reduced sentence.
However, the court continued to shift that date as repeated delays arose with the start of Fahie’s trial.
The court did not give any reason for the latest change in the sentencing date for Maynard, but announced in a brief notice yesterday that the sentencing hearing was reset to March 28 — just one month ahead of the expected sentencing date for Fahie.
Maynard’s son, Kadeem Stephan Maynard was sentenced on November 20, 2023 to serve 57 months in prison after he too pleaded guilty last year to a single count of conspiracy to import cocaine.
Meanwhile, Fahie’s sentencing date has been put into question after an unprecedented post-verdict conundrum arose following his conviction on February 8.
Moments after Fahie was led out of the court, two jurors who agreed that Fahie was guilty of four counts of conspiracy communicated with the judge and indicated second thoughts about their verdicts, which initiated a rare conflict after the trial’s conclusion.
Judge Kathleen Williams called discussions between the two sides so far meaningful and said lawyers should continue examining past cases in South Florida and around the country to find a just solution for Fahie.
The court is expected to hear more from the defence and prosecution on March 7 when a potential legal solution to Fahie’s post-verdict issue may be decided.
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Of course must push back
on time served, while compulsive obsessive afflictions and disorders go untreted, as bank accounts expand.
Tis the way it is. People have addictive, compulsive obsessive disorders for money also..That is what led them there.
But society sees no wrong there. But the poor guy suffering from the same disease they pigeon hole him and discrimminateagainst him accordingly.
More push back to come… The work no dun yet…
all that food going to waste in meantime
She know the game minute I seen her in the wheelchair I said she smart.
These people only about themselves and getting a conviction, this is os unfair. She completed her obligation to the Govt, why is the Govt delaying their obligation to her. We miss Bin Laden..