Street Character Anthony Fitzpatrick “Ninja Man” Lynch made his first appearance before the High Court yesterday in relation to the break-in at the Museum of Parliament.
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The two-count indictment was not read to him as he indicated he wanted Senior Counsel Andrew Pilgrim as his legal aid attorney.
The 70-year-old vagrant, who was in the No. 4 Supreme Court, is accused of entering the building known as the Museum of Parliament between September 30 and October 11, 2023, and stealing a briefcase, two armorial badges, a pistol and cutlass set, a cutlass, a jacket, a cummerbund, a pair of boots, a cup, a conch shell, a pipe, a bugle, a rebate plane, three hand drills and an awl, all belonging to the State.
He was also accused of entering the same Museum of Parliament between October 14 and 16, 2023, and stealing a belt buckle belonging to the State.
State Counsel Paul Prescod, who appeared for the prosecution, had asked the court to assign Lynch an attorney through the Community
Legal Services Department, given Lynch’s “social standing and possible financial issues”, even though burglary was not on the schedule of offences for which Legal Aid should be granted.
Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell asked Lynch if he wanted an attorney to be assigned to him.
Lynch replied he did and requested “Mr Pilgrim”. Senior Counsel Pilgrim had appeared as amicus curiae in the Magistrates’ Court.
Lynch later told the court, when asked, that he was receiving psychiatric assessments while on remand at Dodds Prison.
However, he asked to go to Verdun House “for a meeting” but the judge told him he could receive the same treatment at Dodds Prison.
The judge approved the legal aid certificate and adjourned the matters until March 5. (HLE)