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By Emmanuel Joseph
A local advocacy group has asked the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to rule on some recommendations that would expand protection for current and past victims of domestic violence.
The recommendations submitted on Wednesday to the CCJ by Anya Lorde, the lawyer for Operation Safe Space (OSS), came as the Trinidad-based court delivered a ruling in favour of a
The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether the 14-year sentence given to Tyson Leon Edwards for aggravated burglary was “manifestly excessive” as his attorney has argued.When the matter came up before the trio of Justice Rajendra Narine, Justice Jefferson Cumberbatch and Justice Francis Belle, the appeal judges indicated they needed time to consider whether the approach of the sentencing judge was correct.Edwards had been given a starting sentence of 19 years for two counts of aggravated burglary. However, after deductions were made, he was left with a 14-year prison sentence.He was also given lesser prison terms for offences of firearm and ammunition possession, unlawful wounding, and handling stolen property. However, those sentences run concurrently.
The lawyer leading the fight to prevent Alex Tasker from being deported to the United States to face money laundering charges insists the appeal against the extradition should be allowed, despite the prosecution’s suggestion that it was not filed in time.King’s Counsel Andrew Pilgrim made the submission on Tuesday before the Court of Appeal, insisting that even if the appeal was “out of time” under the Extradition Act, it was not under the Magistrate’s Court Act.Last September, Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes ruled that Tasker, a former senior executive at the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Ltd (ICBL), be extradited to the US to face charges that between August 2015 and April 2016, he conspired with others to launder money from outside the country in violation of US law.Pilgrim, who along with Neville Reid and Lani Daisley are representing Tasker, subsequently appealed the decision.However, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Alliston Seale and Senior State Counsel Oliver T
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