Last week Canadian James Jensen was charged with theft for swindling an American
couple out of 50 thousand dollars in a phoney land deal. He pleaded not guilty
and was remanded to prison. But Jensen will soon be a free man again because
today his attorney BQ Pitts applied for bail and Justice Adolph Lucas granted
it. He’ll have to post bond of $50,000, surrender his passport, and report
to the San Pedro Police Station every Monday and Friday.
Prosecutor Trienna Young didn’t object to bail but suggested bail of
$20,000 would be reasonable but Jensen’s lawyer BQ Pitts said $10,000
would be more suitable. Well Justice Lucas didn’t buy that logic as he
granted the bail of $50,000 plus two sureties who are Belizeans. Justice Lucas
mentioned in court that the prosecution did not present evidence showing Jensen
as a flight risk.
American national Robert Martinez alleges that he sent Jensen US$50,000 to
purchase a piece of land in Punta Gorda. But Martinez claims he never got the
land or his money back. Martinez has further alleged that Jensen did buy the
land but then sold it to someone else.
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