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After months in jail, United States Commercial Fisherman Michael Foy goes to trial
On June 9, Michael Foy, a United States fisherman who had been detained aboard his commercial fishing vessel the previous morning, sat in an interview room in the Road Town Police Station, trying to explain what he was doing in Virgin Islands waters. In his telling, Mr. Foy wasn’t aware that the territory’s borders were closed and that he could be breaking the law by waiting near Norman Island for documentation that he said would allow him to re-enter the US. “That’s what all this is about: … I had nowhere to go,” Mr. Foy said during the recorded interview. Nearly four months later and after attracting the attention of two US congressman and one senator,,, Mr. Foy’s trial began Monday in Magistrates’ Court. >click to read< 09:41
This Man Is Still Incarcerated! – Trial delayed for Stafford fisherman jailed in British Virgin Islands
The trial for Ocean County longline fisherman Michael Foy, jailed since June 8 in the British Virgin Islands, has been delayed nearly a month by officials there. His family and attorneys said they were not given any explanation for the delay. Foy’s family said he was dressed and taken to court from prison on Sept. 9, the day his trial was set to begin. His lawyers were also in attendance. It was at that point that they were informed the trial had been postponed until Oct 5. >click to read< – Read other reports posted >click here< 12:11
