Attorney General John Delaney has once again provided inaccurate statistics on the number of people convicted of murder during the Free National Movement’s (FNM) term in office, The Nassau Guardian can reveal.
Last year, The Guardian exposed Delaney’s claim that 12 people were convicted for murder in the first half of 2011 as untrue.
Following this paper’s expose, Delaney admitted that the numbers he provided to the Senate were “not completely accurate”.
In February, Delaney tabled the names of people convicted during the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) term of 2002 to 2007 and compared them to convictions recorded during the FNM’s term from June 2007 up to February 21, 2012.
According to the numbers provided by Delaney, nine people were convicted of murder under the PLP compared to 26 under the FNM.
However, a check of those names revealed five people tried during the FNM’s term should not have been included. Of the 26 names provided by Delaney, one of those people had his conviction quashed on appeal. Jamal Bastian was convicted of the murder of Theotis Johnson on July 16, 2007.
