JUTC bus at the Spanish Town courthouse on Tuesday, July 15. - Rasbert Turner

Spanish Town

A Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus was yesterday seized by bailiffs under the instruction of a lawyer and was parked outside the Spanish Town Court parking lot for several hours.

When the area was visited, attorney-at-law Sean King-horn said the Supreme Court handed down a judgment for seizure and sale of the bus.

"About two years ago, we won a case for Audrey Bromwell-Henry for about $3.4 million and when we approached JUTC, they told us that they are willing to pay the sum over a period of 10 years. This is totally unacceptable and that's the reason why we went back to the Supreme Court for judgment," said Kinghorn.

He said that the action taken is one which should show the JUTC that the claimants are serious and so is the firm which represents them. He also, showed the news team the document received from the company, saying that the monies owed to Bromwell-Henry will be paid over a period of 120 months, at $27,000 per month. Other documents were also shown which said the JUTC had failed to honour $15-million worth of claims served on it. The documents were signed by late Chairman Douglas Chambers and other persons.

However, when the JUTC was contacted, director of communications, Reginald Allen, said the company's legal personnel will be looking into how quickly the matter could be resolved. Allen pointed out also that the judgment against JUTC was, in fact, handed down on Monday, so to the best of his knowledge attempts will be made to resolve the problem.

Meanwhile, Kinghorn showed documents of at least 10 other persons who have been successful with judg-ments brought against the JUTC which he claimed needed to be honoured, as the parties were demanding answers.