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Sean Luke Murder Trial to start April 19 by Derek Achong The ea­ger­ly await­ed tri­al of two men, ac­cused of mur­der­ing  Sean Luke when they were teenagers, is set to kick off lat­er this month.  The judge-alone tri­al was ini­tial­ly card­ed to start be­fore High Court Judge Lisa Ram­sumair-Hinds last month, but was put off by pre-tri­al le­gal ap­pli­ca­tions over the ad­mis­si­bil­i­ty of state­ments the duo al­leged made to po­lice be­fore be­ing charged.

Sean Luke murder trial now set to begin on April 19 4 Hrs Ago Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds who is presiding over the judge-only trial of two men charged for murdering Sean Luke. - THE new date for the start of the Sean Luke murder trial is April 19. Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds, who is presiding in the judge-only trial of Akeel Mitchell and Richard Chatoo, put attorneys for the State on notice to be ready to open their case on that day, when she will also give her ruling on the admissibility of certain aspects of the evidence that prosecutors hope to lead at the trial.

New witness grilled by defence in Sean Luke trial Sean Luke A new witness gave evidence on Wednesday in the challenge of the prosecution’s evidence against the two men charged with the murder of six-year-old Sean Luke. Acting Cpl Brendon Fraser was grilled by attorneys for Richard Chatoo at a virtual trial on Wednesday on the evidence he intends to give at the main trial. Also returning for questioning by Chatoo’s attorneys was police audio visual technician, Cpl Nigel Stephen. Both Chatoo and his co-accused, Akeel Mitchell, have challenged the quality of parts of the prosecution’s evi...

Sean Luke An attorney for one of the men, charged with murdering six-year-old Sean Luke when they were teenagers, has raised issues with his client being re-sampled for DNA this week. Attorney Evans Welch, who is leading Richard Chatoo’s legal team, raised the issue as virtual pre-trial hearings of the case continued before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds yesterday. Welch claimed that when he was contacted by prosecutor Sabrina Dougdeen-Jaglal about the re-sampling on Monday, he planned to visit his client to discuss the issue on Thursday as he believed that the swabs would be taken, next wee...

Sean Luke Murder Trial: by Derek Achong An at­tor­ney for one of the men, charged with mur­der­ing six-year-old Sean Luke when they were teenagers, has raised is­sues with his client be­ing re-sam­pled for DNA this week.  At­tor­ney Evans Welch, who is lead­ing Richard Cha­too’s le­gal team, raised the is­sue as vir­tu­al pre-tri­al hear­ings of the case con­tin­ued be­fore Jus­tice Lisa Ram­sumair-Hinds yes­ter­day. Welch claimed that when he was con­tact­ed by pros­e­cu­tor Sab­ri­na Dougdeen-Jaglal about the re-sam­pling on Mon­day, he planned to vis­it...