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THE High Court has set aside an award totalling about $20 million to nine people who were accused but eventually found not guilty of murdering businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman in 2006.

CRIMINAL BAR ASSOCIATION president Israel Khan, SC, says he is eager to know if the Stanley John report into how the State failed to defend itself against a $20 million lawsuit, unearthed evidence of wrongdoing on the part of any individual. John, a retired judge, reportedly handed over the 60-page report to Attorney General Reginald

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THE state’s failure to defend a malicious prosecution lawsuit, which saw an eventual order by a Master of over $20 million in compensation to nine men acquitted of the murder of Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, was blamed on the case file somehow disappearing. This was the explanation given to the country, including the Prime Minister, at a

Port of Spain, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley described as “disturbing” the circumstances surrounding the High Court’s decision to compensate nine men, who were acquitted of the 2016 murder of a businesswoman, TT$2.1 million each. On Monday, High Court Master Martha Alexander, awarded the men a total of TT$19 168 917.56 for malicious prosecution and exemplary damages; costs amounting to $200 917.56; and the cost of an expert …

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OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called on the Prime Minister to axe Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, and former AG and current Rural Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi.

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