Judge stops $20m payout
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.
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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 …