FORMER soldier and promising Pro League footballer Ross Russell Jr was freed of murder yesterday after spending two years in prison. Russell was discharged by acting deputy Chief Magistrate Nanette Forde-John after the Director of Public Prosecutions issued a notice of discontinuance of the charge. The notice was issued after a no-case submission was advanced…
A DIRECTOR of KallCo and a senior manager at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) appeared before a Port of Spain magistrate yesterday, on corruption charges. KallCo director Michael Arjune, of Boissiere, Maraval, and Wendell Diaz, head of procurement and logistics at WASA, appeared before First Court magistrate Kerri Honore-Narine, each on a single charge….
by DEREK ACHONG Six men from Diego Martin, whose protracted preliminary inquiry for murdering a Cepep worker had to be restarted due to the short-lived judicial appointment of former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar, have been freed. Akili Charles, Chicki Portello, Anton Cambridge, Kareem Gomez, Levi Joseph and Israel “Arnold” Lara were discharged by Ayers-Caesar’s successor…
SIX men who were part of a group of remanded prisoners who rioted in 2017, when they were told their cases would have to restart because of the judicial appointment of former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar, have been freed, after spending almost a decade in prison. The six – Akili Charles, Chicki Portello, Anton Cambridge,…
KRYSTIANA Sankar, the former stepdaughter of National Security Minister Stuart Young, and three others have been committed to stand trial for trafficking $3.8 million in cocaine and marijuana back in December. Magistrate Rehanna Hosein earlier today committed the four to stand trial. She also varied their bail. Sankar was granted $1.3 million in bail and…
ON THE cusp of its 30th anniversary, Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr has apologised for the traumatic effects the 1990 attempted coup had on the country. Bakr is challenging a decision to pursue a criminal complaint against him after he refused to answer a summons to testify before the commission of enquiry…
A member of the United States (US) Navy and a female friend from east Port-of-Spain have been granted a total of $850,000 in bail for firearm possession. Emmanuel Dennis, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, and his 21-year-old friend, from Mosley Place, East Dry River, were granted $600,000 and $250,000 in bail when they appeared before…
The inability of the prosecutors to use the evidence of their main witness who migrated has led to three men from Enterprise, Chaguanas, being freed of murdering a fellow resident in 2015. Dave Junior “Abdul Malik” Nesbitt, Adrian “Cudjoe” Clarke and Malcolm Quintin were discharged by Senior Magistrate Rajendra Rambachan, yesterday afternoon.Nesbitt, Clarke and Quintin…
Rhondor Dowlat-Rostant and Carisa Lee A small road traffic accident in El Socorro has now turned into a criminal investigation after one of the drivers knocked down the other following a confrontation. The two men were arguing after they could not agree on how and where the car should be repaired. A video that…
The nine men accused of murdering senior counsel Dana Seetahal in 2014 were granted bail on Friday on the gang charges against them. The matter was called virtually before Magistrate Kerrianne Byer at the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court. The matter was in relation to the gang charges that the nine accused, including Rajaee Ali,…
