A man out on bail and under electronic surveillance was permitted to leave The Bahamas and travel to Canada, according to President and CEO of I.C.S Security Concepts Stephen Greenslade.

"The offender claimed to have received permission from the magistrate in Harbour Island to leave the country, and it was verified by phone with ASP Wright, the officer-in-charge of the island," Greenslade said in a statement yesterday.

"We have current tracking of the offender and full communication with him while he is in Canada.

"This individual is expected back in The Bahamas this weekend."

Greenslade said there was no breach committed by the offender in his travel to Canada.

"His bail conditions did not restrict his ability to travel," he said.

"He is in possession of his travel documents and has the right to travel anywhere within The Bahamas and out of the country with permission."

It was unclear what the suspect was charged with. Calls to the Harbour Island Police Station and senior police officials were not returned up to press time.

Greenslade released the statement in response to an article that appeared in The Tribune yesterday which stated that no one knew that the suspect was in Canada and that he had breached the monitoring system.

Last month, police found the body of a man off a dirt road near the South Beach Canal. Police said he was wearing an ankle bracelet and that he was dead for at least a week.

Greenslade said at the time that he was satisfied that his staff followed proper protocol in monitoring the suspect.

Following the discovery, Minister of State for National Security Keith Bell said the number of people who were killed while being monitored is "totally unacceptable".

Prime Minister Perry Christie also suggested the government may have to find a new company to monitor the people being electronically monitored.

But he said he did not want to prejudge I.C.S. I.C.S Security Concepts' contract expires on November 1.

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