Ex-murder accused wants bail for murder
Wednesday 10 February 2021
A NOVEL constitutional claim is engaging the attention of the High Court and the judge hearing the matter will rule later this month on whether someone accused of murder should be allowed to apply for bail.
Justice Joan Charles will give her decision on February 19 on the claim of former murder accused Akilli Charles to have the section of the Bail Act which makes murder a non-bailable offence declared unconstitutional.
Charles was one of a group of men who rioted at the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court during the Marcia Ayers-Caesar debacle. He was given a fresh preliminary inquiry and was discharged on a no-case submission on May 21, 2019, after spending almost nine years on remand.
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Speaker: Youth MPs proved Parliament can sit virtually
Senate President Christine Kangaloo, left, and House Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George. -
SPEAKER Bridgid Annisette-George hailed participants in Monday’s 18th National Youth Parliament for showing that the TT Parliament is able to sit virtually, the youth sitting being a hybrid of those present and those seen via Zoom.
Senate President Christine Kangaloo hailed the youth MPs as both pioneers towards a virtual parliament and ambassadors for good parliamentary practice.
Annisette-George congratulated the youngsters who had debated a motion on the Government’s efforts to bridge TT’s digital divide, with the youth government endorsing these efforts and the youth opposition querying them.
MPs complain about lack of security
Moruga/Tableland MP Michelle Benjamin. - TT Parliament
As police investigate two separate incidents of attacks by criminals on UNC MPs in Chaguanas and Moruga/Tableland, the MPs say they have to resort to finding their own security and paying out of their own pockets to protect themselves and their staff.
They say there is no security allowance for MPs.
The latest attack came at about 8 pm on Tuesday last week, at the office of Chaguanas West MP Dinesh Rambally.
He told Newsday two masked, armed men got out of a car which stopped lower down the street on Rodney Road, Chaguanas. The men then crossed the street opposite the office and tried to force themselves into a vehicle which was waiting to pick up a staff member.