Fmr Magistrate & World War 2 Vet G O N Emmanuel died Friday March 31, without justice from the courts

​Former Magistrate and World War 2 veteran G O N Emmanuel, died on yesterday Friday March 31, 2018. He has been the focus of much public attention since his home at St Aroment in Goodwill, was firebombed over seven years ago, while he and his wife Gretta were asleep. Emanuel is a war veteran who served with the British Royal Air Force during World War 2. He also earned a reputation for issuing stern sentences during his tenure as a magistrate in Dominica in the 1980’s.
 
During the Christmas 2010 alleged arson attempt on his home, Emmanuel and his wife barely escaped with their lives, and despite pledges by former Police Chiefs Cyril Carrette and his successor, Daniel Carbon, to fully investigate the matter, no one was ever charged, and in fact, his case has never been heard in a court of law, although Police Commissioner Daniel Carbon stated in January 2013, “I want to assure citizens of this country that this matter is being investigated professionally. We must find the truth on G O N Emmanuel, we must investigate this matter, dot every I, and cross every T.”
 
Meanwhile, over seven years later, and despite a confession by an individual who claimed to have set the fire, no charges have been brought. So, the I’s remain undotted, and the T’s remain uncrossed. The former magistrate has gone to his grave with the belief that there was “a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice within the Police Force and involving the Commissioner of police and the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Dominica” which he expressed in a letter to then-president Nicholas Liverpool in late 2011.
 
Emmanuel was also denied closure in another legal matter in which he filed charges against his former law-firm partner Stephen Isidore. He claimed that millions of dollars had allegedly passed through the partnership accounts without his knowledge, and that the monies had also not been accounted for.
 
The criminal charges against Isidore were not served, as Isidore and his legal team, led by Attorney Tony Astaphan, succeeded in getting the high court to grant an order of stay, to prevent more than 42 charges brought by Emmanuel from being read to Isidore. The charges against Isidore were filed in 2010, some months before the firebombing of Emmanuel’s residence. That matter has therefore languished in the court, for more than seven years.