Ivor Grenville Theophulus Bird is an Antiguan businessman and the son of Vere Bird, former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda.
Bird was a high jumper and he was the last gold medallist in that event at the British West Indies Championships in 1965. His brother, Lester Bird, was also a track athlete and former champion at this competition.[1] Ivor Bird also represented Antigua and Barbuda in high jump at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[2]
The director of ZDK, Antigua's government broadcasting system,[3] in 1995 Bird was caught smuggling 10 kg of cocaine through V. C. Bird International Airport with an accomplice, Marcus Alberto Chapman.[4] He was formally charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to both sell and transfer by Judge Mario Ducillo, and released on 50,000 East Caribbean dollars bail.[5] Having pleaded not guilty, he was represented by John Platts-Mills, Steadroy Benjamin and David Toms, Jr.;[6] despite this representation, he was convicted on 15 May 1995 following 45 minutes of deliberations. He was ordered to either pay a fine of 200,000 dollars or face two years in jail, and paid the fine shortly before the court closed;[7]
he continued to serve as head of ZDK,[8]
^British West Indies Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
^"Commonwealth Games Federation". Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^Knox, Paul (1 September 1987). "For truth and right, 8 Cabinet ministers oppose Antigua PM". The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail Inc.
^Massiah, David (7 May 1995). "Younger Brother Of Prime Minister Lester Bird Is Arrested On Cocaine Charges". Associated Press Worldstream. Associated Press.
^Massiah, David (8 May 1995). "Prime Minister Lester Bird Promises No Intervention In Brother's Arrest". Associated Press Worldstream. Associated Press.
^"Ivor Bird's Pleads Not Guilty". Associated Press Worldstream. Associated Press. 11 May 1995.
^Derrick, Winston (16 May 1995). "Younger Brother Of Prime Minister Lester Bird Is Convicted On Drug Charges". Associated Press Worldstream. Associated Press.
^"Antigua radio station back on air after dispute with state-owned utilities company". Associated Press Worldstream. Associated Press. 26 October 2004.
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