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Appeal Court Quashes Convictions of All Four Men in 2011 Kidnapping Case. Orders Re-Trial for 3.

Published 16 June 2017

Appeal Court Quashes Convictions of All Four Men in 2011 Kidnapping Case. Orders Re-Trial for 3.

The Court of Appeal has quashed the convictions of all four men in the infamous 2011 Kidnapping case involving the wife of a local banker. The cases against Jumana Walters, Clayton “Yellowman” Laws, Ali Percival, and Jermaine Riley were all quashed . Clayton “Yellowman” Laws, Ali Percival, and Jermaine Riley will however remain in prison as their cases were sent back down for retrial. Walters , however is now a free man as the appeal panel overturned his conviction.

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Kidnap victim found in abandoned house

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Published 16 June 2017

Kidnap victim found in abandoned house

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – GILDA RAWLINS-VAUGHAN, the woman who was on Friday morning (Oct 28) kidnapped and held to ransom, was found by police this morning (Oct. 29) in an unoccupied house at the junction of East Park Range and Park Street opposite the building that houses the National Housing Corporation.

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BODY OF MISSING TEEN FOUND, ONE PERSON IN CUSTODY

Published 15 June 2017

BODY OF MISSING TEEN FOUND, ONE PERSON IN CUSTODY.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 15, 2017(RSCNPF) The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force discovered a human body that has been identified as missing teenager Leanna Napoleon.

A shallow grave with her body was discovered in the Olivees area overnight Wednesday (June 14).

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Opposition Leader says he takes no responsibility for non-appointment of the PAC over the past 30 months

Published 14 June 2017

Opposition Leader says he takes no responsibility for non-appointment of the PAC over the past 30 months

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 14^TH 2017 – Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said he will not take responsibility of putting together the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly for the past 30 months.

Dr. Douglas, using the privilege Personal Statements at Tuesday’s sitting of the National Assembly, informed lawmakers and the Nation that it was strange that the onus is now being placed upon him as the Leader of the Opposition, to act with haste and have the Public Accounts Committee commission on the eve of the 42^nd Regional Conference of the Caribbean, the Americas and the Atlantic Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to be held in St. Kitts next week.

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Harowe Servo St. Kitts plant expansion begins

Published 14 June 2017

Harowe Servo St. Kitts plant expansion begins

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 14TH 2017 – Expansion of Harowe Servo API in Sandy Point has begun.

It was in February 2014 that then General Manager and Head of Global Operations at API’s World Headquarters in New York, Mr. Kevin Heffler first made the announcement of the expansion during a visit to the plant at Bourkes Eastate, by the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, who was serving as prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis.

Mr. Heffler who met with Dr. Douglas informed of the decision to construct an additional 5,000 square feet of manufacturing space with a two-story facility – 2,500 square feet on the first floor and an additional 2,500 square feet on the second floor at an initial cost of EC$250,000.