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Accused men to know fate July 23 by Derek Achong Two men, ac­cused of mur­der­ing six-year-old Sean Luke over 15 years ago, are ex­pect­ed to learn their fate on Ju­ly 23. High Court Judge Lisa Ram­sumair-Hinds set the date for the ver­dict in Richard Cha­too and Akeel Mitchell’s judge-alone tri­al af­ter Cha­too com­plet­ed his de­fence dur­ing a vir­tu­al hear­ing yes­ter­day. Ram­sumair-Hinds is ex­pect­ed to hear sub­mis­sions from pros­e­cu­tors and the duo’s de­fence at­tor­neys on the le­gal is­sues in the case on Fri­day be­fore lis­ten­ing...

Lawyer mounts no-case submission: by Derek Achong Lawyers rep­re­sent­ing one of two men ac­cused of mur­der­ing six-year-old Sean Luke as teenagers has claimed that his se­men be­ing found on Luke’s un­der­wear is not proof that he mur­dered him. Akeel Mitchell’s lawyer Mario Mer­ritt made the sug­ges­tion yes­ter­day as he pre­sent­ed a no-case sub­mis­sion for his client dur­ing a vir­tu­al hear­ing be­fore Jus­tice Lisa Ram­sumair-Hinds. “All the se­men on the shorts prove is that he (Mitchell) may or may not have had sex with the de­ceased. It does no...

Sean Luke - FOUR months after they pleaded not-guilty to the brutal murder of six-year-old Sean Luke in 2006, prosecutors have presented all their evidence against Akeel Mitchell and Richard Chatoo and have closed their case. Mitchell and Chatoo, who were teenagers when they were charged with the boy’s murder on a date unknown, between March 25 and 29, 2006, in Couva, entered their not-guilty pleas on February 12, before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds, having opted for a judge-only trial. On Monday, the State closed its case after presenting evidence from 37 witnesses as well as DNA results ...

Minor hitch in Sean Luke trial – final witness has covid19 concerns Sean Luke - ANOTHER subpoena will be issued for the prosecution’s final witness – the police officer who charged the two men with the murder of six-year-old Sean Luke – to return to court to complete his evidence. The State has encountered some difficulty in getting retired Sgt Alexis Garcia to give his testimony at the trial because of his concerns for his family and exposure to covid19. A subpoena was issued on Tuesday, but it was not served as he was not at home. Garcia was expected to testify on Wednesday when th...

State gets green light to use DNA evidence against accused by Derek Achong The Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) has been giv­en the green light to use DNA ev­i­dence in the tri­al of two men, ac­cused of mur­der­ing Sean Luke when they were teenagers. De­liv­er­ing a de­ci­sion at the start of yes­ter­day’s hear­ing of Akeel Mitchell and Richard Cha­too’s judge-alone tri­al, High Court judge Lisa Ram­sumair-Hinds dis­missed an ap­pli­ca­tion to stay the in­dict­ment against Mitchell, which was brought as pros­e­cu­tors sought to ...