David Brandt | |
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6th Chief Minister of Montserrat | |
In office 22 August 1997 –5 April 2001 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor | Tony Abbott |
Preceded by | Bertrand Osborne |
Succeeded by | John Osborne |
Personal details | |
Born | David Brandt |
Spouse | Verna Brandt |
Residence(s) | Her Majesty's Prison,Montserrat [1] |
Alma mater | University of the West Indies (LL.B) Sir Hugh Wooding Law School (LEC) University of London (LL.M) |
Occupation | Attorney-at-Law |
David Samuel Brandt is an attorney and politician from Montserrat who served as the island's 6th Chief Minister from 22 August 1997 to 5 April 2001. As of June 18,2019,Brandt has been remanded at Her Majesty's Prison in Montserrat until the beginning of his trial in November 2019. [2]
In September 2015,Brandt was charged with two counts of conspiracy to have sexual intercourse with a minor. He was released on EC$20,000 bail. [3] In November 2018,Brandt was arrested again and subsequently charged with 2 counts of child sexual exploitation and 1 count of perverting the course of justice. [4] He was released on bail in the amount of EC$90,000. The Government of the United Kingdom through the National Crime Agency has spent more than £200,000 to investigate Brandt's alleged child sex abuse. [5]
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