$1m for Tobago chef blocked from appealing wrongful conviction Friday 5 March 2021 A TOBAGO chef who was wrongly convicted of trafficking cocaine in 2010 will receive close to $1 million from the State because the prison service failed to allow him to file an appeal. He will receive a total of $980,000 for the breach of his constitutional rights, for the three and a half years he spent in prison, and to denounce the conduct of the prison service. The chef has asked that his name not be used given the quantum of compensation he is to receive and for security reasons. Making the order on Friday...