Pickering explains Skelton Cline’s absence from talk show
Amid the slew of criminal charges thrown at him recently, embattled talk show host Claude Skelton Cline was noticeably absent from this week’s episode of the Eye on the Nation radio show, forcing his co-host Dr Kedrick Pickering to give the audience an explanation.
Pickering hinted that the clergyman’s absence had nothing to do with the criminal charges that were made public last week.
“Unfortunately, I have to apologise for Pastor Claude Skelton Cline who has another engagement and he doesn’t think he’ll get out of it quickly enough to get here,” Pickering said at the start of the radio show which began only a few weeks ago. “It has nothing to do with other things that are happening, it’s just one of those things that are happening today and unfortunately he can’t be with us today and fingers crossed he’ll show up later in the programme.”
Skelton Cline never showed up, but businesswoman Shaina Archer-Smith sat in as a guest host.
The community has been on high alert to see the next actions that will unfold in the matter involving Skelton Cline — a former government consultant who picked up charges about government contracts awarded between 2008 to 2010.
He was charged with two counts of obtaining property by deception, four counts of false accounting, and one count of proceeds of crime. It is said that the clergyman was released on $100,000 bail with surety, but our news centre has not been able to confirm those reports.
Often perceived as a controversial character, Skelton Cline has maintained his innocence when criticized for the scandals relating to the government contracts he was awarded in the past.
He’s always been a staunch political critic and has dubbed himself as one endowed with a special grace for government and leadership, saying he has a unique understanding of how governance should function for the benefit of people.
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No explanation needed. He where he supposed to be. Dealing with the consequences of his actions. I curious though this is about stuff from 2008 and 2010 we in 2024 now. you can charge people with things from so long ago for stuff that are not murder or rape or something like that?
I don’t know in the BVI’s laws. However, in some other countries, if it’s fraud there is no statue of limitation.
He also has an online publicist that is as blind as the statue of the lady of justice
the police wiv their enquiries…..
Dr. Pickering misses his rich white friends so much. He will do anything to get back over oil nut bay. He needs to be elected to get back in their good graces. When it came to doing things for those rich friends he was efficient. When it came to helping locals he came from every excuse in the book. Keep this man out of the government.
This dumb!
THE STATUE OF LIMITATION ALREADY RAN OUT FOR THOSE CASES
Unlike most other European jurisdictions, the UK has no general statute of limitations for criminal offences except for minor offences tried in the lower courts.
Thats nice that you can work google… now google BVI law.
All the charges he received are indictable charges. There is no statute of limitations for indictable offences which essentially are felonies as opposed to misdemeanors.
STATUTE
To:DONT MIND THEM,
So if YOU know the statutes of limitation already run out, then don’t you think those brining the charges would know that too? You just want to be in thing. When Claude was doing his piss ripping off different government administrations and the tax payers, with sanction from Head Coach and whoever was the Financial Secretary at the time, people like you who knew about the wickedness didn’t shout out ‘lock em up’. But you want to come in here now talking about being statute barred.
But we didn’t miss him!!
Rumors indicates that Cline is a fugitive from justice in the USA/Detroit. He has never denied the allegations.
His recent arrest for financial impropriety against the VI Gov an ongoing obvious fact ignored …
If that is true…then how has he been able to freely travel to the USA??
that’s a funny way to say he was in jail
Yea, an engagement with the DPP lol.
Watch the DPP drop the ball again…..
Very very sad I will say Cline
Very very sad. I taught you give up greed .
Birds of feather flock together. Im not surprise Kedrick Pickering picks up for claude skelton. Both of them cant be trusted.