Senior Reporter derek.achong@guardian.co.tt Six police officers accused of murdering three friends in Moruga in 2011, will have to remain on remand as their trial begins today. Delivering a judgment yesterday, the Court of Appeal dismissed a consolidated appeal brought by the six officers and another man, Keros Martin, who is accused of an unrelated…
TT men’s footballer Ross Russell Jr says prayer, faith in God and a strong support system have helped to reignite his career after he was wrongfully incarcerated for two years.Russell Jr, 31, the son of former national goalkeeper Ross Russell, was released from prison on August 20, 2018, after the Director of Public Prosecutions issued…
TWO men from the Heights of Guanapo have appeared before an Arima magistrate charged with the murders of four members of the Peterkin family, last month, and the shooting of five relatives. On Monday, Jalini Rivers, 22, and Jodel Noel, 24, appeared virtually before Magistrate Natalie Hamilton-Diop on a series of charges relating to a…
Senior Reporter shaliza.hassanali@guardian.co.tt The Attorney General’s office has briefed attorneys, which include Gilbert Peterson SC, to advise on the case of the return of ISIS convict, Sabirah Khalidah Waheed. And yesterday, the office of the Chief State Solicitor wrote to Waheed’s attorney Criston J Williams asking him to hold his hand in pursuing legal…
ONE of the men held in connection with last week’s robbery of Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh in St Joseph has been released. Attorneys for two of several men held for questioning intervened over the weekend after their clients had been in custody for almost five days and were not yet charged. At 7 p.m….
THE attorney for one of the men charged in the 2014 murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal is calling on the Commissioner of Police to provide evidence that would be used against his client as well as answers to alternative theories surrounding the murder. In a letter dated December 24, Quantum Legal attorney Aaron Lewis…
DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC, has defended the independence of his office and again maintained that there were no delays in filing an indictment against Earl Richards, one of the men accused of murdering former prosecutor Dana Seetahal, SC. Seetahal was gunned down in her car on May 4, 2014. Gaspard, in his…
CRIMINAL proceedings against a Cumuto man and his daughter who were accused of the murder of Esther Williams—found dead at her home 11 years ago—have been formally discontinued by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The notices of discontinuance were filed last Wednesday, bringing an end to the case that saw the…
A 32-year-old woman, who was charged alongside her father for murdering her mother four years after her death was ruled to be suicide, has been freed. Shastri Jagroo, of McBean, Couva, was ordered to be released from custody on Wednesday by High Court Master Shabiki Cazabon after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions…
Derek Achong Senior Reporter derek.achong@guardian.co.tt Lawyers representing one of the prisoners transferred to military facilities in Chaguaramas during the ongoing State of Emergency (SoE) have raised questions about the legality of the move. Attorneys Criston J Williams and Aaron Lewis raised the issue in a judicial review and constitutional claim filed on behalf of Earl…
