Convicted killer to challenge sentence in October
Article by June 9, 2021
Convicted killer Terry Cassius Seale will appear before the Barbados Court of Appeal in four months’ time to challenge his 18-year prison sentence.
Seale, of Groves Crescent, St George, was sentenced to that time in jail back in December 2018, for killing his former lover, Moreta Forde.
His appeal reached the case management stage today when it was called before Justices of Appeal Francis Belle, Margaret Reifer and Jefferson Cumberbatch.
Appearing before the court during a virtual sitting this morning, attorney-at-law Dennis Headley informed the panel of Appeal Judges that Seale had agreed for him to continue as his defence counsel in the matter. The lawyer also said he had received the formal go-ahead from Community Legal Services to appear on the appellant’s behalf and was now in possession of the record of the 2018 proceedings in Seale’s case.
Murder sentence cut as Appeal Court says extra jail time ‘without justification’
Article by May 29, 2021
The 30-year jail sentence handed down to a man convicted of double manslaughter in a Salters home invasion a decade ago was Friday reduced by the Court of Appeal.
The original trial judge, Justice Jacqueline Cornelius, had set the starting point for Deon Dacosta Maynard’s sentence to 25 years and then increased it to 30 years. But the appeal court justices set a starting point of 25 years less five years and 97 days – leaving his sentence now at 19 years 268 days.
Justices of Appeal Rajendra Narine, Jefferson Cumberbatch and Francis Belle said they arrived at a unanimous decision after reviewing the grounds of appeal over the management of the jury by the trial judge, incorrect directions in law by the judge and the sentence itself.
Manslaughter convict to reappear before the Court of Appeal in June
Article by May 19, 2021
Manslayer Terry Cassius Seale who was sentenced to 18 years in prison back in December 2018 for killing former lover Moreta Forde is seeking to challenge his sentence before the Court of Appeal.
But the tractor operator’s appeal case did not make it to the case management stage when it was called before the judicial panel of Justices Francis Belle, Jefferson Cumberbatch and Margaret Reifer.
When Seale appeared before the court during a virtual sitting Tuesday morning he informed the Appeal Judges that he was being represented by attorney-at-law Dennis Headley.
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Attorney Neil Marshall (left) and Caswell Franklyn as they appeared at the Supreme Court last week. (Picture by Reco Moore) Social Share
Opposition Senator and trade unionist Caswell Franklyn is willing to go the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), if need be, with his challenge to Government’s Emergency Management COVID-19 Directives.
He made the comment as he attended his first court appearance yesterday.
Franklyn, through his attorney Neil Marshall, is accusing Government of illegally enforcing the Directives that he said have not been passed by Parliament. The matter was heard by Justice Jacqueline Cornelius in the No. 13 Supreme Court and adjourned until March 29.