Retired Judge says Inniss got the ‘light end of the stick’ Article by April 28, 2021 A retired High Court Judge in Barbados is describing the 24-month sentence of former Cabinet Minister Donville Inniss on fraud and money laundering charges as a light escape. Justice Christopher Blackman, who is also a retired Appeals Court Judge, was this evening responding to the verdict which was handed down to Inniss by Judge Kiyo Matsumoto today in the Eastern District Court of New York. “In all the circumstances, the sentence was not excessive. Anything more than that might have been heavy-handed. He has come off at the light end of the stick,” Justice Blackman told