Tuesday, July 21st, 2009: St George’s, Grenada: According to a news article written by Curtis Krueger, a Times Staff Writer for the St. Petersburg Times (on Tampabay.com dated Friday, July 17, 2009), Grenada’s Attorney general, Mr. Jimmy Bristol is one of two criminal attorneys offering some sort of assistance to Emmanuel Ganpot, who faces sentencing on drug charges.

The article alleges that Jimmy Bristol is Emmanuel’s step-father.

The writer claims that Ganpot, a former student of Eckerd College (Florida) promised to show up in a Pinellas courthouse back in April 2003 to commence serving approximately six (6) years in prison for dealing drugs. The article stated that Ganpot was given a few weeks by the circuit judge to get his affairs in order before sentencing but he chose to purchase a ticket to Paris instead and ‘disappeared.’

The writer went on to suggest  that “…during that time, Ganpot, 36, received help from family members who let him stay at their homes overseas, and who paid $80,000 to his bondsman to get him off Ganpot's track.”

Kruger further states that Bristol has tried to assist his step-son by writing to the prosecutors in this matter seeking leniency for Ganpot.

He quoted from a letter allegedly sent to the state attorney in which Bristol wrote, “Unfortunately, Emmanuel was befriended by the wrong people and has found himself in his present predicament."

According to the Times article, Ganpot was arrested with three others, and charged with possessing or selling drugs including ecstasy, GHB, ketamine and cocaine after Pinellas sheriff's deputies received a tip-off from an informant that a drug deal was about to go down in the parking lot of a nightclub back in 2001.

In his recent letter to the state attorney, Krueger wrote, the Grenadian Attorney General  said that he did not condone Ganpot's actions, but added that "we all err from time to time and should not have our lives completely destroyed by one slipup."  This letter which is of a personal nature, may well land the Grenadian Attorney General in some “hot water” with the Tillman Thomas Administration as it was written using the Government of Grenada Stationery (letterhead).

Circuit Judge Dee Anna Farnell, allegedly warned Ganpot back in 2003 that if he failed to show up for sentencing, then he could be looking at many, many, many, many years in the Department of Corrections.

Ganpot sentencing which is set for August 13th, 2009 could land him in prison for as many as 110 years.

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