BDF Ordinary Court Martial Convened
BDF Media Release| 19 April 21
Photography: BDF Media
The Ordinary Court Martial of Private (Pte) Shane Coulthrust commenced today, Monday 19 April 2021 in the Hodgson Hall Conference Room, St Ann’s Fort, Garrison St Michael. Pte Coulthrust is represented by Attorney-at-law, Andrew Pilgrim Q.C
The Court heard opening remarks from Prosecutor Captain Neville Corbin, who set about to paint a picture of what the evidence presented will reveal. The Prosecution likened the road map of evidence to the notion that “you cannot run with the hares and hunt with the hounds”.
Chief Petty Officer Arlington Cadogan, Lieutenant Coast Guard Sena Price, Leading Seaman Ian Mitchel, Petty Officer Nicole Brathwaite and Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Kellman, presented witness evidence in the case.
The Court Martial will resume on Tuesday 20 April 2021 at 9AM.
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The Charges:
- CONDUCT TO PREJUDICE OF GOOD ORDER AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE CONTRARY TO SECTION 75 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159, in that he, while on duty as the coxswain on board BCG vessel ENDURANCE on the 19 April 2019, collected 14 polythene packages, placed them on the ENDURANCE a vessel owned by the crown without authorisation from any of his superior officers.
- CONDUCT TO PREJUDICE OF GOOD ORDER AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE CONTRARY TO SECTION 75 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159, in that he, while on duty as the coxswain on board BCG vessel ENDURANCE on the 19 April 2019, transported 14 polythene packages to the Six Men’s St Peter area without authorisation from any of his superior officers.
- CONDUCT TO PREJUDICE OF GOOD ORDER AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE CONTRARY TO SECTION 75 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159, in that he, while on duty as the coxswain on board BCG vessel ENDURANCE on the 19 April 2019, transferred 14 polythene packages to the Fishing Vessel X17 which was moored in Six Men’s St Peter area without authorisation from any of his superior officers.
- CONDUCT TO PREJUDICE OF GOOD ORDER AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE CONTRARY TO SECTION 75 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159, in that he, while on duty as the coxswain on board BCG vessel ENDURANCE on the 19 April 2019, coopered with an unknown speed boat in the territorial waters of Barbados without authorisation from any of his superior officers.
- CONDUCT TO PREJUDICE OF GOOD ORDER AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE CONTRARY TO SECTION 75 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159.
- DISOBEDIENCE TO STANDING ORDERS CONTRARY TO SECTION 47 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159, in that he on 19 April 2019, contravened Sec 1709.4 of the Barbados Coast Guard Standing Orders, an order known to him or which is reasonably expected that he should have known by using his personal cellular phone on board the ENDURANCE while on patrol on the 19 April 2019.
- DISOBEDIENCE TO PARTICULAR ORDERS CONTRARY TO SECTION 45 (1) OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159, in that he, on 19 April 2019, being the coxswain of the ENDURANCE, deviated without lawful authority, from his patrol area in accordance with SBF Patrol Orders dated 19 April 2019.
- CONDUCT TO PREJUDICE OF GOOD ORDER AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE CONTRARY TO SECTION 75 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159.
- CONDUCT TO PREJUDICE OF GOOD ORDER AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE CONTRARY TO SECTION 75 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159.
- CONDUCT TO PREJUDICE OF GOOD ORDER AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE CONTRARY TO SECTION 75 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159.
- MAKING A FALSE DOCUMENT CONTRARY TO SECTION 69 (C) OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159, in that he being the coxswain of the SBF Crew on 19 April 2019, made a written report on 20 April 2019, to with his Patrol Report, with intent to deceive, failed to accurately account for all details of his patrol on 19 April 2019 while on board BCG vessel EDURANCE in the Territorial Waters of Barbados.
- CONDUCT TO PREJUDICE OF GOOD ORDER AND MILITARY DISCIPLINE CONTRARY TO SECTION 75 OF THE DEFENCE ACT CAP 159.
Commodore (Cdre) Errington Ricardo Shurland was appointed Chief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) on 1 September 2021. He enlisted in the BDF in February 1984 and in a military career spanning over 34 years, has served in various operational and administrative appointments.
Colonel Glyne Grannum joined the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) on 18 October 1985 and underwent career development training at the Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School, Chilliwack and the Combat Training Centre, Gagetown New Brunswick, Canada. He subsequently attended the Infantry Training Centre and the Signal Wing in Warminster, UK (PCBC and RSO Courses respectively), the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy; the Lester Pearson Canadian Peacekeeping Centre, the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, Kingston, the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, Toronto, the National Defence University of the People’s Liberation Army People’s Republic of China and the Centre for Hemispheric Defence Studies, National Defence University, Washington. He also attended a Defence Resources Management programme at National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada. In addition to being a qualified infantry officer, Col Grannum is a qualified Regimental Signals Officer and a former Operations Officer and Finance Officer of the BDF.
Colonel Banfield joined the Barbados Battalion of the South Caribbean Force in 1941 having just left the Cadet Corps at Combermere School, and was granted a commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1942. He was a Platoon Commander and a Company Commander during the war and served in Barbados, Dominica (as part of the Gale Force), St Lucia and St Vincent.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Colin Marshall is a graduate of the St Michael, and was born on the 5 November 1969 and enlisted in the Barbados Defence Force on 16 August 1994. He was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal in August 1997, Corporal in 1999, Sergeant in 2007, Color Sergeant in 2014, Warrant Officer Class Two in 2017 and Warrant Officer Class One in 2020. He was Most Outstanding Student on Junior Leadership Course in 1998, the Most Outstanding Student on Junior Non Commissioned Officer Cadre in Jamaica in 2000, best at Leadership on the Search Adviser Course in Jamaica in 2007 and the Most Outstanding Student on the Warrant Officer Course in Jamaica in 2015.
