By Latrishka Thomas Latrishka.thomas@antiguaobserver.com The Senate has passed an amendment to fix a section in the Criminal Prosecutions Service Act that makes it unlawful for the police to institute charges against someone without the written approval of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The legislation, which was passed in 2017 and…
By Robert A. Emmanuel robert.emmanuel@antiguaobserver.com With Parliament rushing to address a major loophole in the 2017 Criminal Prosecutions Service Act, attorney-at-law Wendel Robinson said he will be seeking significant damages from the government on behalf of a rape-accused client. Robinson, the former commissioner of police, shook the justice system to…
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By Latrishka Thomas Latrishka.thomas@antiguaobserver.com After a hiccup with misplaced keys to the St John’s Magistrate’s Court on Monday, former Member of Parliament (MP) Dean Jonas has had his case pushed back by a further two months. The former Minister of Social Transformation and Gender Affairs is charged with resisting arrest,…