David Brandt
6th Chief Minister of Montserrat
In office
22 August 1997 – 5 April 2001
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorTony Abbott
Preceded byBertrand Osborne
Succeeded byJohn Osborne
Personal details
Born
David Brandt
SpouseVerna Brandt
Residence(s)His Majesty's Prison, Montserrat[1]
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies (LL.B)
Sir Hugh Wooding Law School (LEC)
University of London (LL.M)
OccupationAttorney-at-Law

David Samuel Brandt is an attorney and politician from Montserrat who served as the island's 6th Chief Minister from 22 August 1997 to 5 April 2001. In July 2021 he was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment after being convicted of sexual exploitation and perverting the course of justice.

Sex crimes

In September 2015, Brandt was charged with two counts of conspiracy to have sexual intercourse with a minor. He was released on EC$20,000 bail.[2] In November 2018, Brandt was arrested again and subsequently charged with two counts of child sexual exploitation and one count of perverting the course of justice.[3] He was released on bail in the amount of EC$90,000. The Government of the United Kingdom through the National Crime Agency has spent more than £200,000 to investigate Brandt's alleged child sex abuse.[4] He was finally tried in 2021 on six sexual exploitation charges and one count of perverting the course of justice; the jury found him guilty on six of the seven charges on 30 June. He was sentenced on 19 July to six concurrent jail terms, the longest being fifteen years for the count of perverting the course of justice.[5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Attorney-at-Law David S. Brandt Has Been Remanded into Custody at Her Majesty's Prison on Montserrat". Archived from the original on 2019-06-28.
  2. ↑ "Montserrat: Former chief minister on sex charges involving minors". antiguaobserver.com. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Alive, MNI (23 November 2018). "The Facts Relating to the Arrest and New Charges Laid Against Attorney-at-Law David S. Brandt". www.mnialive.com.
  4. ↑ Home Affairs Correspondent, Tom Harper (30 September 2018). "Aid used in Caribbean child sex inquiry" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Montserrat: Ex chief minister sentenced in sexual exploitation case". Loop News. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "A Former Montserrat Chief Minister Sentenced to a Lengthy Prison Term". ZJB Radio. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

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