By Latrishka Thomas
A High Court judge has ruled in favour of the prosecution in a fraud case against a former police officer.
Yesterday, the judge declared that Joshua Quinland is in fact guilty of fraudulent conversion.
Quinland stood trial last month for taking monies given to him to purchase a vehicle and using it for his own benefit.
The accused was a car broker who was hired by the complainant to import a vehicle for him.
The complainant gave Quinland around $7,500 as a down payment towards the purchase of a white 2008 Honda Step WGN, but he never got the vehicle or received his money back.
According to the Crown’s case, the defendant did not order the complainant’s vehicle but forged documents to convince him that he had.
Defence lawyer Sherfield Bowen said his client did not have a case to answer but the judge disagreed.
The trial proceeded with Quinland testifying that the complainant wanted a white Noah van and a black Step WGN and he ordered them both.
He claimed that those vehicles arrived but were sold by the port because the alleged victim did not meet the payment requirement.
He also said that the police, at gunpoint, destroyed all of his contracts, invoices and other proof of the transactions between him, the Japanese dealership, and the complainant.
Justice Ann-Marie Smith did not believe his story and therefore found him guilty and remanded him until his sentencing hearing on November 25.