Now Vybz may be granted a new trial after it was proven one of the jurors offered bribes in order to stay on the jury....
From The Guardian
The Jamaican musician Vybz Kartel’s conviction for the mrder of an associate more than a decade ago has been quashed, with a London court ruling that attempts to bribe the trial jury meant the conviction was unsafe.
The dancehall star, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, is one of Jamaica’s most popular artists and has collaborated with performers such as Jay-Z and Rihanna.
Kartel, 48, has been in jail in Jamaica since 2011 over the disappearance of his associate Clive “Lizard” Williams, whose body has never been found.
After a 65-day trial, one of the longest in Jamaican history, Kartel and three others were convicted in 2014. Kartel was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years, later reduced on appeal to 32 and a half.
The defendants’ appeals were allowed on Thursday, with Lord Lloyd-Jones saying the trial judge’s decision to allow the juror alleged to have offered bribes to continue on the jury was “fatal to the safety of the convictions”.
The privy council sent the case back to the court of appeal in Jamaica to decide whether Kartel and his co-defendants should stand trial again.
8 comments:
Well it's back in the hands of the Jamaicans. England essentially washed their hands, saying it's none of their business, since he ain't neva setting foot on Heathrow. Cuz they won't be giving him no visa no time soon.
Don't know when we gone learn.
It's back in the Jamaicans people hands. So let's see.
Idk thou, becuz these are the same folks who issued the conviction.
4 whatever it's worth I think they're telling us 2 deal wid our own mess since this really really don't concern them.
I don't follow or listen to none of his music due to the little bit I heard playing one time. It was awful and full of murderous language. His kind should be kept off the streets of Jamaica. They got enough to worry about.
He looks rough. Never heard of him.
Whatever they said he did, HE DID cause what on earth am I looking at 😬😬⁉️
I just hollered @9:03
He's a menace to society and needs to do his time and repent.
He bleached his skin and he looks hideous.
@8:38AM exactly! And this pic is actually darker than most photos of him where he's more bleached (almost burnt)!
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