Alexander Kellman News Today

All oral or written statements made by Private Shane Coulthrust are inadmissible. That was the ruling by Judge Advocate Lieutenant Commander Rita Evans yesterday after defence attorney Andrew Pilgrim QC had objected on Monday’s opening day to lead investigator Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Kellman reading from his official notebook. In it were a number of oral submissions made to him by the accused, which Pilgrim said could be considered admission or a …

Judge Advocate Lieutenant Commander Rita Evans will today rule on a number of objections lodged by the defence in the court martial of Barbados Coast Guard officer Shane Coulthrust. The 33-year-old private pleaded not guilty yesterday to 12 charges of misconduct associated with his actions while on duty on a Coast Guard vessel on April 19, 2019. His attorney, Andrew Pilgrim QC, objected to lead investigator Sub-Lieutenant Alexander Kellman reading …