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Volume: 121 No.70, March 1, 2024
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‘POLICE WHO BEAT ME MUST BE INVESTIGATED’ Man calls for officers ‘It was just to be held to account time for me after trial thrown out By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A MAN whose armed robbery trial was thrown out after a judge refused to accept the prosecution’s evidence of his confession, wants the officers who allegedly tortured him to be investigated and held accountable, saying it is not enough that the charges against him were dropped. Javis Smith said after he
was arrested on October 31, 2018, police beat him with a cutlass on his buttocks, put a fish bag over his head, and poured hot sauce in his eyes so he would confess to armed robbery. In a recent court ruling, Justice Gregory Hilton refused to allow the confession to be submitted as evidence, saying the prosecution did not fulfil its burden to prove that the
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By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net TWO relatives of a man who fled the day after his murder trial began were ordered yesterday to pay his $15,000 bail bond, the latest instance of sureties being held accountable for the failure of accused
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‘InvestIgate $100k travel expense at by-electIon’
govt says amnesty Is over For delInquent real property tax By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net PAYMENT plans and amnesty periods for people who owe substantial amounts of real property taxes are over, acting director of the Department of Inland Revenue Shunda Strachan said yesterday as her department prepares to execute its power of sale
against scores of delinquent accounts. The government has failed for years to significantly reduce the number of real property tax arrears, which Ms Strachan revealed now stands at about $900m. After years of plans that provided little fruit, including the hiring of private collectors, the SEE PAGE FOUR
By EAYREL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
FOR sprinter Ty’Nia Gaither, who will turn 31 on March 16, the end of her track career has arrived and she admits that she feels like she can walk away from the sport with her head held high for all the accomplishments she has made. See SPORTS for full story.
‘I don’t know how I got In thIs mess’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A WOMAN who accepted a plea deal in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others said she was surprised when police charged her with fraudrelated offences because she did not know how she “got in this mess”. Tanya Demeritte continued her testimony yesterday as Senior Justice
TANYA DEMERITTE Cheryl Grant-Thompson presided.
Under cross-examination by Mr Gibson’s attorney, Damian Gomez, KC, Ms Demeritte confirmed that she was arrested and charged, but later took a plea deal. She admitted she made false statements to the police, saying she did so out of fear and confusion. She said she was “confused and lost” about the ordeal.
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FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said the Davis administration misused public funds when $100,000 was spent to cover travel for Family Island trips that included events encouraging people to vote for the Progressive Liberal Party’s candidate in the West SEE PAGE FIVE
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