Author: Jada Loutoo

A MARACAS Bay man has been acquitted of the 2009 murder of his 94-year-old grandmother in 2009. On October 7, after deliberating for under an hour, a 12-member jury found Lester “Sea Blast” Diaz, of Fishing Village, Maracas, not guilty of the murder of Martina Roxborough. He was on trial before Justice Sherene Murray-Bailey at […]

AT least one of the suspects in the kidnapping for ransom and murder of Central used-car dealer Sachel Kungebeharry has been released. His release comes after attorney Kirk Cumberbatch filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus on his behalf on October 6. He was one of three people – two of whom were […]

A decade-old lawsuit against late CL Financial jefe Lawrence Duprey and five others is likely to go to trial in late 2025. A trial window will be settled on January 30, 2025, when the lawsuit by Central Bank and Colonial Life Insurance Company (Clico) against Duprey and the others comes up for a pre-trial review […]

AN injunction to stop Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher permitting the promotion assessment process for the rank of assistant superintendent of police (ASP) will continue. The temporary injunction Justice Frank Seepersad granted on October 2 to Insp Mark Hernandez, the former head of the police service’s now-defunct Special Operations Response Team (SORT), was extended at […]

BUSINESSMAN Steve Ferguson is again seeking to stop the state from demanding information from him and now his attorneys as it seeks to enforce a US$131 million judgment against him in Miami. Ferguson filed the emergency application for an injunction on September 27. It was previously assigned to Justice Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell. She was made a […]

AN attorney for a kidnapping suspect has applied for a writ of habeas corpus to justify his continued detention four days after his arrest. The application was filed by attorney Kirk Cumberbatch on October 6. He said his client has been held since his arrest on October 1 and is being kept at a police […]

TT cricketers Sunil Narine and Terrence Hinds are on the hook for a breach of a business arrangement with their former landlord over rent for a bar they operated in Oropoune Gardens, Piarco. In all the two will be made to pay a total of $123,636.61, representing $68,253.10 in rent owed to landlord Dave Kangal; […]

DEPUTY Chief Secretary Dr Faith BYisrael will not be allowed to question the police officer who obtained a search warrant served on her at her Belle Gardens, Tobago, home in July 2023, or the justice of the peace (JP) who signed off on it. BYisrael sought to cross-examine WPC Veneta Weaver-Ali and JP Jameel Watch […]

A self-employed man and his wife will receive over $.5 million in compensation for their arrest and prosecution by police, deemed “devoid of logic” by a High Court judge. “These events appear to have been that of pure abuse of power by the police who took it upon themselves to forcefully enter the house without […]

A 21-YEAR-OLD Venezuelan man was denied bail when he appeared before a Master of the High Court charged with managing a brothel. Daniel Cedeno has also been charged with knowingly receiving a financial benefit of $200 allegedly for the trafficking of a Venezuelan woman. Cedeno appeared before Master Shabana Shah on October 1. Two others […]