THE OFFICE of the Attorney General on Friday clarified a judgement handed down on Monday which said the State made an appearance in the malicious damage case brought by nine former murder accused and failed to defend against it. Paragraph three of the judgement handed down by Master Martha Alexander said: “Interestingly, the defendant, having
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IN WHAT may be the largest award in TT’s judicial history, the nine men acquitted of the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman in 2016, will each receive $2.1 million in damages for malicious prosecution, which after additional costs amounts to $20 million.
Acting Attorney General Stuart Young has ordered an immediate investigation into the State’s failure to defend a malicious prosecution claim by nine men who were acquitted of the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman. In a statement on Tuesday, the Office of the Attorney General said the matter will be discussed at a press conference on