First Supreme Court defendant is a no show

It was back to business today at the Supreme Court after yesterday’s ceremonial opening. But it seems the first defendant scheduled to stand trial in 2003 had better things to do than spend the day in court. Sanjay Pilgrim was a no show when he was called to answer to a charge of dangerous harm before Justice Troadio Gonzalez. The judge then ordered a bench warrant for Pilgrim’s arrest and reset his appearance for tomorrow. Also asked to appear is Pilgrim’s guarantor to explain why his half of the five thousand dollar bail should not be confiscated in view of Pilgrim’s non-appearance. Pilgrim is charged in connection with an injury inflicted on Karl Bachmann on February twenty-fifth, 2001.

Meanwhile, the next case on Justice Gonzalez’ agenda is that of Cecil Gill, charged with the attempted murder of James Whylie. Gill’s case started last year, but was aborted when a juror was reportedly heard expressing bias against him, and a retrial was ordered. Prosecutor in both the Gill and Pilgrim cases is Linbert Willis.