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A TEMPORARY gag has been put on media reporting of the Sean Luke trial. On Wednesday, Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds stopped the media from reporting any part of the evidence of Avinash Baboolal. Baboolal, the 16th witness on the fifth day of the trial, began his testimony on Wednesday and was being cross-examined by one of the defence attorneys when the day’s proceedings ended. He will return at the next sitting on Friday. Afterwards, Ramsumair-Hinds said in balancing her responsibilities in r...

Sean Luke Murder Trial: by Derek Achong The mere sight of the pair of cloth­ing her son was wear­ing the last time she saw him alive, a lit­tle over 14 years ago, was enough to make Sean Luke’s moth­er break down in pain and an­guish, yes­ter­day. Pauline Barath, who had been rel­a­tive­ly com­posed since she be­gan tes­ti­fy­ing be­fore Jus­tice Lisa Ram­sumair-Hinds, last Fri­day, was un­der­stand­ably grief-striken as she was shown a pair of blue shorts and un­der­w...

5 Hrs Ago Pauline Bharat, mother of murdered six-year-old Sean Luke, testified on Friday from the San Fernando High Court. - Lincoln Holder PAULINE Bharat, mother of murdered six-year-old Sean Luke, on Friday began her testimony at the trial of the two men accused of killing him, identifying one of them. Bharat – she said she was divorced and no longer used the name Lumfai – testified virtually from the San Fernando High Court. She identified Akeel Mitchell from a screen set up in the court...

Police: Sean Luke’s body was decomposing in canefield Sean Luke. - SEAN LUKE’S body was in an advanced state of decomposition when it was found by police and there were maggots on the face. His body was naked and liquid was leaking from the eyes and nose. That was the evidence of two police officers who formed part of the police’s investigative team when the six-year-old’s body was found on March 28, 2006. A tattered-looking pair of underpants and a pair of shorts were also tendered ...

Sean Luke trial begins with 4 prosecution witnesses Sean Luke, 6, was murdered in 2006 TWO months after they pleaded not guilty to the brutal murder of six-year-old Sean Luke back in 2006, the two men charged with the crime have gone on trial. Four witnesses testified on the first day of the judge-only trial before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds, who gave her ruling on the admissibility of a large portion of the prosecution’s evidence. Akeel Mitchell, 28, and Richard Chatoo, 30, are before the ...

Sean Luke Murder Trial to start April 19 by Derek Achong The ea­ger­ly await­ed tri­al of two men, ac­cused of mur­der­ing  Sean Luke when they were teenagers, is set to kick off lat­er this month.  The judge-alone tri­al was ini­tial­ly card­ed to start be­fore High Court Judge Lisa Ram­sumair-Hinds last month, but was put off by pre-tri­al le­gal ap­pli­ca­tions over the ad­mis­si­bil­i­ty of state­ments the duo al­leged made to po­lice be­fore be­ing charged.

Sean Luke murder trial now set to begin on April 19 4 Hrs Ago Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds who is presiding over the judge-only trial of two men charged for murdering Sean Luke. - THE new date for the start of the Sean Luke murder trial is April 19. Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds, who is presiding in the judge-only trial of Akeel Mitchell and Richard Chatoo, put attorneys for the State on notice to be ready to open their case on that day, when she will also give her ruling on the admissibility...

New witness grilled by defence in Sean Luke trial Sean Luke A new witness gave evidence on Wednesday in the challenge of the prosecution’s evidence against the two men charged with the murder of six-year-old Sean Luke. Acting Cpl Brendon Fraser was grilled by attorneys for Richard Chatoo at a virtual trial on Wednesday on the evidence he intends to give at the main trial. Also returning for questioning by Chatoo’s attorneys was police audio visual technician, Cpl Nigel Stephen. Both Chatoo...

Sean Luke An attorney for one of the men, charged with murdering six-year-old Sean Luke when they were teenagers, has raised issues with his client being re-sampled for DNA this week. Attorney Evans Welch, who is leading Richard Chatoo’s legal team, raised the issue as virtual pre-trial hearings of the case continued before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds yesterday. Welch claimed that when he was contacted by prosecutor Sabrina Dougdeen-Jaglal about the re-sampling on Monday, he planned to visi...

Sean Luke Murder Trial: by Derek Achong An at­tor­ney for one of the men, charged with mur­der­ing six-year-old Sean Luke when they were teenagers, has raised is­sues with his client be­ing re-sam­pled for DNA this week.  At­tor­ney Evans Welch, who is lead­ing Richard Cha­too’s le­gal team, raised the is­sue as vir­tu­al pre-tri­al hear­ings of the case con­tin­ued be­fore Jus­tice Lisa Ram­sumair-Hinds yes­ter­day. Welch claimed that when he was con­tact­ed by pro...