Doctor on fraud charges freed
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Director of Medical Associates hospital in St Andrew Dr Michael Banbury was today freed of fraud charges in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court after the prosecution entered a nolle prosequi.
Prosecutor Taneshia Evans Bibbon told Senior Parish Judge Judith Pusey that the Director of Public Prosecution has ruled that the matter should be adjourned at this time as the Crown is unable to sustain the case against the doctor.
Nonetheless, Evans Bobbin indicated that further investigation will be carried out to substantiate the Crown’s case, raising the possibility that it is brought back to court.
The 60-year-old doctor was arrested and charged in February with forgery, uttering forged document and conspiracy to defraud.
It is alleged that a forged shares transfer instrument was used to transfer a little over 404,000 shares from a company called Community Medical Service to the hospital.
Tanesha Mundle
