He is accused of torching Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber's vehicle and Allen Martinez, will stand trial for arson in the Supreme Court.
This morning a preliminary inquiry was held in the magistrate's court where the police prosecutor tendered into evidence a number of statements along with a the widely circulated video surveillance of the fire being set.
Martinez - who has been on remand for 9 months - was unrepresented. Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith concluded that there is enough to make a case against him and she committed his matter to the Supreme Court for trial in the October session.
Martinez was granted his first bail today - since his arrest n October of last year.
The free made major news when it was set at 12:10 AM on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at the Deputy PM's Lord's Bank residence. A man seen in a surveillance video spread fuel and burned the government SUV which had been assigned to him. Faber was at home with his sons. The vehicle was valued at 55 thousand dollars.
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