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Thursday 11 February 2021
ALTHOUGH he has already paid some $225,000 in compensation, a Point Fortin man will spend two weeks in prison because he failed to secure his four dogs – three pitbull mixed breeds and a pothound.
They mauled a neighbour as she was returning home from dropping her children to school. Kurleen Cooper was bitten on the head, ears, genitals and feet.
Ronnie Maharaj appealed the severity of his sentence – eight weeks’ simple imprisonment – and his conviction for failing to secure his dogs.
He received a varied sentence of two weeks simple imprisonment after Justices of Appeal Alice Yorke-Soo Hon and Maria Wilson struck out three of the complaints against Maharaj – one for each dog.
Appeal Court blanks CoP in FOIA ruling against journalist
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith.
COMMISSIONER of Police Gary Griffith’s appeal against a decision that he should give Express journalist Denyse Renne certain information she asked for under the Freedom of Information Act has no good prospects of success.
In a decision on Wednesday, Justice of Appeal Alice Yorke-Soo Hon dismissed an application for a stay of Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh’s ruling on September 2.
Griffith had appealed Boodoosingh’s decision but sought a stay of the judge’s order for him to provide the information. Yorke-Soo Hon ruled on the stay application.