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Dancehall star to be released after years behind bars

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August 1, 2024

Dancehall star to be released after years behind bars

Vybz Kartel to stay in jail till courtroom resolution

Dance corridor star Vybz Kartel will stay behind bars for now. The courtroom of enchantment in Jamaica has nonetheless not selected whether or not to grant the prosecution’s request for a retrial. FOX 5 NY’s Lisa Evers has the small print.

In a unanimous resolution Wednesday, the courtroom determined in opposition to a retrial within the homicide of Clive “Lizard” Williams, whose physique was by no means discovered.

The gorgeous resolution implies that Vybz Kartel, Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones, and Andre St. John will probably be launched after years behind bars.

The courtroom mentioned Wednesday, that there was enough proof to counsel that Kartel wouldn’t have the ability to full a probably longer sentence if there have been to be a retrial.

Vybz Kartel throughout HOT 97’s “On The Reggae Tip” Dwell – September 2, 2005 at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York Metropolis, New York. (Picture by John Ricard/FilmMagic)

“His neck was swollen, should you consider a shirt that’s about 18.5 inches within the neck space, you could not shut the collar on his neck and that is how unhealthy it’s on this second,” his protection described to FOX 5. “His face is definitely swollen. And one different factor. He at all times wears glasses; on this situation, that causes his eyes to protrude.”

Why was Vybz Kartel in jail?

What’s Subsequent for Vybz Kartel – STREET SOLDIERS

After many months of authorized maneuvers and strikes behind bars, a future exterior of jail is now a chance for worldwide dancehall star Vybz Kartel. However there’s nonetheless one other hurdle to beat.

The conviction got here from a largely circumstantial case based mostly on video and telephone data from his BlackBerry Torch and a discredited witness.

Kartel’s conviction was quashed this spring, and the British Privy Council gave the Jamaican courtroom the prospect to determine on a retrial or outright acquittal, that means there could be no additional prosecution.

Legal professionals representing the defendants made an enchantment again in 2020, however the convictions had been upheld.

Regardless of the large win, their combat for freedom has hung within the steadiness. The Privy Council, in impact, kicked the case again to the Jamaican Courtroom of Appeals to make the final word resolution.