On Wednesday February 20, 2019 about 6:00am, law enforcement officials responded to a report of a bomb threat at the George F. L. Charles Airport in Vigie.
On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, Rehani Isidore of Bishops Gap, was arrested and charged for the offences of Bomb Hoaxes and Attempted Suicide, in relation to this incident.
He was escorted to the First District Court where he was granted bail on two counts of Bomb Hoaxes, in the sum of $2500.00 each, cash or suitable surety and on his own recognizance for the charge of Attempted Suicide.
Section 362 (2) of the Criminal Code states;
Bombs, hoaxes, sending messages or articles to alarm or injure other persons
(2) A person who communicates any information which he or she knows or believes to be false to another person with the intention of inducing in him or her or any other person a false belief that a bomb or other thing likely to explode or ignite is planted in any place or location is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 5 years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for 2 years.
Section 94 of the Criminal Code states;
Aiding and abetting of suicide, attempt to commit suicide
A person who—
(a) aids and abets the commission of suicide by any person, whether or not the suicide is actually committed is liable on indictment to imprisonment for 20 years;
(b) attempts to commit suicide is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.