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Court dismisses Ruel Reid s application to throw out fraud case

Former Education Minister and Senator Ruel Reid to stand trial for fraud. (Photo: JIS) Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks has ruled that the fraud case involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused is properly before the court and should proceed to trial in due course. As a result of Crooks’ ruling in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today, the matter was set for case management on July 27. Hugh Wildman had previously argued before Crooks that the case against ex-Senator Reid and Fritz Pinnock, president of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), should be thrown out. Wildman’s ground for the application was that his clients were arrested by officers of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), which, he argued, has no jurisdiction to do.

Judge to make ruling in CMU fraud matter on February 4

Ruel Reid, his wife Sharen, their daughter Sharelle, Professor Fritz Pinnock and Brown’s Town Division Councillor Kim Brown Lawrence are facing corruption charges in relation to the CMU affair. Former Education Minister Ruel Reid, Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock and their three co-accused are to hear on February 4 whether their fraud case will continue.  At that time, Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks will be ruling on a point raised by defence attorney Hugh Wildman. Wildman has maintained that officers from the Financial Investigation Division had no authority in law to arrest or bring charges against the accused. 

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