Newfoundland Royal Police are answering questions about an exorbitant price associated with the return of an accused killer to that county. Sheldon Hibbs, who was arrested in Calgary last March, has been charged with the murder of Michael King in the Waterford Valley area of St. Louis. John’s a year ago. According to the RNC, the Canadian Penal Code allows accused criminals to be detained for six days so they can be transferred to the jurisdiction where the charges were brought. In Hibbs’s case, police say an initial attempt to transport him back to the province resulted in the man being banned from commercial flights. They say that without choosing a commercial flight, the police had to consider other options besides the 6-day transfer schedule. After what the RNC calls “a series of investigations”, including the RCMP and many charters, they secured the transfer via a privately owned aircraft. The CBC reported that the price associated with this flight was $ 91,000. The RNC says the reason Hibbs was unable to appear on video in court in Calgary is that if the arrest warrant were executed there, the judge in that county would not have jurisdiction to detain the accused. The constable consulted professional lawyers to exhaust all possible options and to say that they acted in the interest of national security, within their legal authority and in the interest of justice for Michal King.
