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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
SHERVON PETERS, one of the nine men who were collectively awarded just over $20 million, after suing the State for malicious prosecution in the Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder case, has said the judgment can’t compensate for the years he and his former co-accused spent in prison.