Bail is granted to convicts once the presiding judge or magistrate is able to satisfy him/herself that an appeal hearing will be successful, according to retired Chancellor of the Judiciary Cecil Kennard.
Within recent weeks concerns have been expressed about how bail pending appeal can be granted to a convict who has been sentenced. Two recent instances involve Sam Hinds Jnr and Bishnarine ‘Sanjay’ Persaud.
Hinds Jnr was released on $50,000 bail by a magistrate after being sentenced to two months imprisonment for unlawful wounding,
