The Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence of convicted killer James Ricardo Alexander Fields from 22 years in jail to 11. The appeal was heard on Tuesday by Justices of Appeal Rajendra Narine, Francis Belle and Jefferson Cumberbatch. In February 2020, a 12-member jury found Fields, formerly of Bank Hall Main Road, St Michael, not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Michael Dear, …
The Appeal brought against a preliminary point in the constitutional motion by former Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, who is challenging the validity of Parliament, has been adjourned until January 24 next year. The matter was heard by Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham and Justices of Appeal Rajendra Narine and Jefferson Cumberbatch yesterday. Brathwaite’s constitutional motion has alleged that the Senate, with only 18 senators at the time, was not properly …
The challenge against a High Court ruling that gave the go-ahead for the Senate to meet and conduct business before all 21 members were appointed in March will be heard in the Court of Appeal on January 24 next year. Before then, Queen’s Counsel Garth Patterson who is representing the appellant, former Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, and Queen’s Counsel Leslie Haynes, appearing for the respondent, Attorney General Dale Marshall, will have to provide written submissions to the court.It is understood that Brathwaite’s side had previously submitted a 63-page document to the Court of Appeal, but now has to hand in a condensed version on or before October 21. Haynes has to respond to that on or before December 16. Brathwaite is asking the Court of Appeal to overturn Ju
The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in a three-way matter involving two brothers from Bequest, St Philip.Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham, Justices of Appeal Rajendra Narine and Francine Belle today heard from Principal State Counsel Krystal Delaney who along with Director of Public Prosecutions Donna Babb-Agard Q.C. have requested a review of the sentences imposed on the killers on the basis that they are “unduly lenient”.The panel also heard from attorney for Stuart Kenny MacMillian Harewood, Michael Lashley Q.C. and defense counsel Safiya Moore who is representing Scott Colby Richardson Harewood. The two have appealed their sentences on the grounds that they were “excessive”.Stuart was sentenced to 35 years in prison and his brother Scott to 38 years behind bars for non-capital murder in the shooting death of Derek Hunte on June 3, 2014.
The state wants life for the Harewood brothers, one of whom shot and killed a man as he was fleeing from them. However, attorneys for the brothers say their current sentences are excessive and have argued that the starting point for any new sentence should be 30 years in prison. The submissions came as the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) Reference challenging the sentences of brothers Scott Colby Richardson Harewood, …