Inniss speaks of legal battles’ ‘pain’ for family, nation
Article by April 28, 2021
Former St James South MP and Minister of Industry Donville Inniss, in an emotional outpouring today, told US District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto that the greatest regret of his conviction was not to self or career, but to those he cared most about, first and foremost his family and also the people of Barbados.
Speaking at his sentencing in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Brooklyn, New York, Inniss said that for his “family and…island of birth, this is a situation that I would not have wished on my worst enemy”. He said that his wife Gail and sons Kyle and Kofi had been his bedrock over the years. “[They] know, better than anyone else, the sacrifices that have been made as I pursued dreams of being a representative of the people and the impact upon the family.”