David Samuel Brandt is an attorney and politician from

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who served as the island's 6th

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from 22 August 1997 to 5 April 2001. As of June 18, 2019, Brandt has been remanded at Her Majesty's Prison in Montserrat until the beginning of his trial in November 2019.

Sex crimes

In September 2015, Brandt was charged with two counts of conspiracy to have sexual intercourse with a minor. He was released on EC$20,000 bail. In November 2018, Brandt was arrested again and subsequently charged with 2 counts of child sexual exploitation and 1 count of perverting the course of justice. He was released on bail in the amount of EC$90,000. The

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through the

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has spent more than £200,000 to investigate Brandt's alleged child sex abuse.

Sex crimes

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