March court date for lawyer

A new trial date has been set in the theft and money laundering charges against accused lawyer Ernest Winston Jackman.

Jackman is now expected to face a judge and jury on March 14.

The St Philip resident is alleged to have stolen $678,414.75 from HEJ Limited between June 23, 2006 and March 5, 2007.

Jackman is also accused of engaging in money laundering by directly conducting transactions involving the alleged stolen money between June 23, 2006, and October 18, 2011.

He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The trial is set before Justice Randall Worrell in the No. 2 Supreme Court. He is being represented by attorney-at-law Mohia Ma’at and Senior Crown Counsel Olivia Davis is the prosecutor.