"I was never detained or arrested at Gatwick Airport" says Former PM of SKN

Dailymail UK recently proclaimed that the former Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Rt Dr Denzil L. Douglas was detained on Gatwick Airport by the UK Border Force three weeks ago with 70,000 pounds in cash.

However, Dr Douglas refused all the accusations. He stated that the current government of SKN under the administration of Dr Timothy Harris seems to have found a reporter in the media channel and is trying to push such fake and baseless allegations to distract their demand of Minister of Tourism Lindsay Grant's resignation following the money embezzlement charges.

As per Dr Douglas, he was never detained or arrested at Gatwick Airport on November 16 or at any other date and there no ongoing investigations against him.

"The article that is in question is drawing the consideration of my lawyers who will guide me accordingly," said Dr Douglas, the political leader of the St Kitts Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP).

Dr Douglas who has been asking for the resignation of Grant and Powell follows a default decision in the High Court in October for infringement of trust, breach of fiduciary duty and failure to report US$460,000 (EC$1.2 million) belonging to a client.

A client has alleged that US$460,000 was transferred to the bank accounts of Grant and Powell at First Caribbean International Bank branch in SKN. The transfer is claimed to be in May 2013, for the purchase of a home unit under the Citizenship By Investment Programme.

After hearings before a judge at various dates in 2018, the High Court of St Kitts determined the terms of the default decision and directed Grant and Powell to pay costs in the in February 2019

On October 28, 2019, Justice Ventose refused to set aside the default judgment and ordered that Tanzil, Grant and Powell make submissions on the assessment of damages for a December 12, 2019 hearing.