BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Apr. 25.2018 – THE local courts will decide whether Keith Oneil Braid, who goes by the alias Nile Antonio Christopher, will be extradited to the United States of America to face criminal charges.
Currently, the matter is slated to be heard in the courts sometime within the next three weeks, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Hilroy Brandy.
Braid, who was born in St. Kitts and Nevis, resided in the United States for a number of years.
He travelled to the federation via cruise ship in November last year and failed to board the vessel as it left Port Zante. That forced the police to issue a missing persons bulletin.
However, investigations revealed that the man entered St. Kitts under an alias and was in fact wanted in the US.
As SKNVibes News has been reporting, the man was arrested, formally charged and cautioned on a Provisional Warrant of Apprehension for two counts of Attempted Second-Degree Murder in the state of Florida, U.S.A.
That allowed local law men to keep him in custody until their counterparts filed the necessary documents for extradition.
Brandy, while responding to a question posed by SKNVibes News at the prime Minister’s Press conference today, confirmed that a formal request was received.
“Mr. Braid is still at the prison. The United States Department is seeking extradition and the papers have been filed. The Minister responsible has ordered the Magistrate’s Court to have hearing, and that hearing is set for the next three weeks.”
Though that request was made, the DCP confirmed when pressed that Baird has challenging the extradition request.
SKNVibes News understands that the challenge can extend the extradition process.
