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Court of Appeal has upheld the
convictions of dancehall entertainer
Vybz Kartel Sean Campbell cojiro Jones
and Andre st. John for the 2011 murder
of Clive lizard Williams the decision
was handed down this morning cartel
whose given name is a DJ Palmer and his
co-accused were convicted in 2014
they're turning for a DJ vibes Martell
Palmer value Anita Robertson says she's
disappointed at the court's decision to
dismisses appeal mrs. Nitta Robinson
says she was confident that the appeal
could have been approved based on the
grounds of her arguments put forward in
the case however she says she'll be
appealing to the uk-based Privy Council
which is jamaica's highest appellate
court you have to retain counsel argue
in the UK in the UK my concern now is
having regards the case of the United
Kingdom with the scoobys 19 we don't
know when our record will be up and
running but in any event it would take a
year or more meanwhile attorney-at-law
Bert
salmon's has reacted to the decision by
the court of appeal against his client
Sean Campbell known as Sean storm mr.
sama says he and his team are
disappointed TVJ newest caught up with
him at his offices in st. Andrew I'm
still in shock because this is one of
the strongest appeals I've ever argued
in my 41 year career at the bar this is
why I'm encouraged that we will succeed
at the next level Sean Campbell had
discussions with us we wrote to him the
possibility the remote possibility that
we would have been
and he said in the unlikely event we
should go to the privet home so we don't
have to consult with him now what we
need to do is to study the written
judgment which we are trying to find on
the internet and when we find that
judgment we will see how the court
managed to navigate through evidence
like the geo-positioning of his phone
mr. Campbell's phone in being in port
more when the alleged offense is taking
place in Haven Dale and why would a man
knowing that he's guilty go in to the
police on three occasions when he was
called on the phone he he surrendered
himself to the police they detained him
for two weeks they released him they
detained him for a week they released
him and finally they called him again he
went in that is conduct totally
consistent with his innocence but as
we've said our day will come in the
Privy Council and the defense neveress
so most scandalous that we had to wait
one year and eight months for this
judgment we have had no reason yet why
we waited so long and I'm sure the
written judgment will address that issue
because the public opinion is that this
has been too long and justice delayed we
know what it is and our report of ashen
Brown was at the Court of Appeal and
spoke to the Director of Public
Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn after the
ruling
Highschool that
with several legal issues and I know
both the prosecuting team and the
defense team would have done extensive
research and given very detailed
submissions and I believe that the Court
of Appeal have rendered a judgment which
will be critical and seminal one given
the nature of the legal issues in this
jurisdiction and other characteristics
runs well I am proud of my team they
worked very very hard and many late
nights and as in any other profession
whether you're a journalist a doctor or
any other professional area of
competence when you work hard and you
get the results then you know that's
always a positive
well every now and again and you know we
had that other matter that father hot
matter
recently you do have cases that come
before the court that demands the utmost
in transparency and it really puts the
justice system on trial because there is
a view somewhat misguided I think or
miss perceives let me use misperceived
that some people are above the law there
is a view that because of Stephen in
life or the fact that the person may be
very wealthy or the person may be very
famous or well-known that's somehow they
are above the law and the appeal court
has also refused to hear the appeal of
former education minister rural read and
president of the Caribbean maritime
university CMU professor Fritz Enoch in
handing down its decision this morning
the court ruled that mr. Reed and
professor Pinnock pay the financial
costs to the financial investigation
division F ID lawyers for mr. Reed and
professor Pinnock had applied to the
appeal court for leave to appeal last
month's ruling by the Supreme Court the
Supreme Court had rejected their
application for leave to seek judicial
review of the decision of the financial
investigation division fi D too late
fraud charges against them in the
ministry of education CMU affair in
addition the appeal court also refused
the application to state a criminal case
against Reed and Pinnock lead attorney
he weilman had argue that the charges
are null and void and should be quashed
as the FI D does not have the powers to
charge mr. weilman to charge the
person's mr. weilman told our new center
that he will be taking his case that the
uk-based privy counsel we take a break
now on midday news we'll be right back
welcome back continuing the news
hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans who
have lost their jobs are working on
reduce incomes are struggling
financially the Caribbean Policy
Research Institute Capri commissioned a
poll to find out how Americans are
coping with the dislocation caused by
Cove in nineteen and emic almost fifty
percent of respondents in the car people
say they will run out of savings by next
month and if the crisis continues that
number could go as high as ninety one
percent
kaliesha Williams has that story there
is no doubt people have been losing
money and many have been out of a job
since The Cove in nineteen pandemic hit
our shores so just how have Jamaicans
been coping since the crisis the
Caribbean Policy Research Institute
Capri commissioned blue dot insights
conduct a poll on March 31 to find out
just that it has a sample size of seven
hundred persons across ages occupations
parishes and income levels when it comes
to savings only nine percent of
respondents would have savings to rely
on beyond six months while sixteen
percent have no savings at all in the
meantime 46% of those responded to the
poll said they already had a reduction
in their household income so how are
people responding to the crisis well
many are already cutting back
entertainment personal care phone credit
and transportation being the first items
on the budget to go 11 percent said they
have cut back on spending on groceries
while 10 percent reduced paying loans
five percent on utilities and three
percent on rent or mortgage it appears
many people will now be reliant on the
compensation package promised by the
government the finance minister has
announced that persons who lose their
jobs as a result of the economic fallout
from Cove in nineteen are to receive
$54,000 from the government over the
next three months they will receive the
cash in fortnightly installments of
$9,000 tourism employers will all
so be paid cash based on the number of
low-income employees they retain for the
next three months benefits have also
been announced for persons in the
informal sector and small businesses
kaliesha Williams TV J news The
Independent Commission of investigations
in the comm is calling for a speedy
review of the exemption list for The
Cove in 19 containment curfew the
Commission raised the issue after the
security forces reported challenges with
residents in some areas who refused to
comply with the curfew or than Wednesday
night according to commissioner Terrence
Williams while Indicom is mandated to
investigate shootings and accusations of
abuse by police it also helps to prevent
issues between the police and the public
there was a shooting incident where the
public in the area blocked the roads and
protested and there might have been a
serious confrontation with the police
had it not been for in the comes
attendance that that seemed to ensure
the public that there will be a proper
investigation as a result the people are
calmed and order restored to help in in
that regard mr. Williams says not being
exempted as a hindrance to the
Commission fulfilling its mandate
written to the minister of national
security and asked him to take the
matter to the cabinet for us to be
granted this exemption lawyers from the
corner Bar Association are also asking
to be excluded
included on the list of exempted
professionals in news from the region a
sixth person has died from kovat 19 in
Trinidad and Tobago the twin Island
Republic has 97 confirmed cases from 688
samples tested by the Caribbean Public
Health Agency careful on Monday Trinidad
and Tobago had 82 positive cases from
539 tests with three deaths in four days
the number of deaths doubled with 15
more positive cases the Ministry of
Health tested
149 samples in that period in an update
on the coronavirus cases around the
world John Hopkins University tallied on
Friday indicated that the virus has
infected more than 1 million people and
killed over 53,000 worldwide the worst
eight countries the United States which
is projected to become the new epicenter
with more than two hundred and
fifty-seven thousand cases and over
6,000 deaths top infectious diseases
expert dr. Anthony Fauci as cold front
federally mandated stay at home horde
order there is caution in China with
officials in Wuhan ground zero for the
pandemic telling residents to only go
outside when necessary as the city
begins to open up following two months
of lockdown a list published on
officially reported data Italy leads
with 313 thousand nine hundred and
fifteen deaths followed by Spain ten
thousand nine hundred and thirty five
deaths but the united states of course
was by far the most cases of any nation
and still in the united states the White
House is expected to soon advise
Americans living in the corona virus
hotspots to wear cloth mask or scarves
in public to help stop the spread of the
virus and we go to sports needs selector
of kwikki West Indies Rodger Harper says
he doesn't expect any difficulties
picking future teams despite a Cove in
nineteen pandemic cricketers across the
Caribbean are currently inactive and
risk losing Fitness due to the
postponement and cancellations of
several franchise competitions including
the regional four-day championships
which ended with two rounds of matches
to play over Harper says they will not
change their selection policy when the
West Indies returned to competitive
action only knows what they will be when
this thing comes to an end but I think
that the same sort of criteria that we
use directly will of course be you and
we have to take in the constraint of
course you know the most recent
performances of the player and of course
their present condition is their fit and
healthy then those are the things we
have to take into consideration there
wouldn't be anything much more to go on
you know the recent performances the
track record all those things right here
we use all the time there's uncertainty
whether the West Indies tour of England
which is scheduled to start on May 22
will go ahead meanwhile despite the four
days season-ending after eight rounds
Harper was speaking on Bajan radio
program
Mason and guests said he was satisfied
for this what he saw there to show kids
there killed them sure what they are
made of I think one of the pluses this
year was that we had a number of our
international players involved during
the tournament if not in every game
certainly in a number of games which
little different jamaica scorpions tied
with Ghana Chuck was in third place with
a Barbados pride being declared
champions and and that's amid a news for
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