as if Kevin's a mass murderer...'' By Benedict Greening ERROR RG P4 23.3.2000 An article in yesterday's paper incorrectly stated that a Supreme Court judge recommended that Kevin Pollock be deported. It was in fact Crown counsel Patrick Doherty who recommended that Pollock "be deported forthwith''. In passing sentence, Mrs. Justice Wade Miller said: "I leave the issue of deportation to the appropriate authorities.'' The wife of a British bar manager convicted of causing the death of an unruly patron in 1998 has labelled as "disgusting'' the fact that her husband will be forced to leave the Island.

Former Flanagan's Pub and Restaurant manager Kevin Pollock is due to be released from prison on April 29 and then deported that same day.

"For us it's humiliating,'' his wife Victoria told The Royal Gazette yesterday. "We were going to leave anyway and I don't see why we should have to go through the whole embarrassment of being escorted out.'' Pollock was given a nine-month prison sentence last December for the negligent manslaughter of 57-year-old Craig McGavern, who received fatal injuries after he was knocked down steps outside the establishment in July 1998.

In passing sentence, Puisne Judge Norma Wade Miller recommended that the 37-year-old West Crescent, Warwick resident be deported following his release.

Yesterday, the mother of two, Mrs. Pollock also expressed annoyance at the fact she and her husband had been kept in the dark as to whether the deportation would go through or not.

"I only found out about it on March 13 by calling and asking Immigration,'' she said. "If I hadn't done that then, apparently, he would have only been officially notified three weeks before it was due to happen.

Mrs. Pollock added: "If I'd known that he'd be forced to leave earlier then I would have launched an appeal, although apparently they only succeed in extreme cases.'' She explained that her husband would have only a few hours between being released from prison and being escorted onto a British Airways flight to London.

"I don't see why he should have to be escorted out,'' Mrs. Pollock said. "I heard that it is British Airways' policy but it's not as if Kevin's a mass murderer. He's not a threat to anyone.'' She added: "And I had hoped he would be able to have two weeks or so to help me sell all of our stuff and sort things out but they're not going to let that happen.

"Now it's all left to me and it's just a headache I don't need.'' On Monday, Pollock's attorney Mark Pettingill agreed his client should have been able to stay on the Island for a while after being released from prison to "clear up his affairs''.

"His wife and children are still here,'' he said, "and I had hoped concessions could be made in this case.'' Yesterday, Immigration Department senior inspector Carlton Saunders said he was unable to comment on individual cases.

But he explained that it was standard procedure in matters such as these for the person to be deported on the same day he is released.

Asked why such people are not allowed more time between being released and having to leave, he said: "They could sort their affairs out while they were in prison.'' Last December, Mrs. Justice Wade Miller handed Pollock the nine-month prison sentence, with two-and-a-half months already served taken into account, despite requests from Crown counsel Patrick Doherty, Mr. Pettingill and Mr.

McGavern's family that he be allowed to leave the Island without serving time.

The sentencing represented a climax in nearly 18 months of legal wrangling over the matter.

Pollock had originally pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter and was found guilty after a trial last April.

But the conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal after they ruled Mrs.

Justice Wade Miller "misdirected'' the jury.

A second trial was scheduled but Pollock changed his plea to guilty after the prosecution amended the indictment from manslaughter to manslaughter by negligence, a charge described by Mr. Pettingill as being "lesser''.

Yesterday, Flanagan's Pub and Restaurant owner Tom Gallagher said: "This whole situation has been tremendously unfortunate.'' "(Pollock) was a loyal and trusted employee involved in terrible circumstances.

"Now he's served the sentence he was given and, since he indicated he was leaving anyway, it seems somewhat unnecessary for him to be deported.'' Legal history: Kevin Pollock (L), along with his wife Vicki and attorney Mark Pettingill arrive at court last year to answer to manslaughter charges in this Royal Gazette file photo.