Dennis Davidson gets back his passport

Dennis Davidson, fraud accused deportee, had his passport returned to him yesterday after two years.

Davidson, former insurance executive,  was charged in 1998 with attempting to defraud Scotia Bank of more than (US)$350,000, attempting to evade customs import duties and falsifying customs notices. According to the police, Davidson fled to the US but was deported in June 2001. After being arrested by officers of the Port of Spain CID, Magistrate Halcyon Yorke-Young ordered him to surrender his travel documents and report to the St Joseph Police Station twice a week. Defence attorney Osbourne Charles SC assured Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls that Davidson would not attempt to leave the country unlawfully. Following objections by prosecutor Jaichram Bhola, Mc Nicolls said, “He is on bail, a passport is nothing at the end of the day if he really wants to leave. He can leave by boat tonight.” The Magistrate then approved the return of the passport.