FEBRUARY 3RD - FEBRUARY 10TH, 2012
VOLUME 8 No. 05
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SIPT TRIAL PUT BACK
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Failure by the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) to give defence lawyers adequate time to prepare their arguments has resulted in the sufficiency hearing being postponed from Friday February 3rd until March 9th, 2012. The SUN understands that some of the defendants and their lawyers only received the case files, which was hundreds of pages, on Friday January 27th, and others got their much later. This, lawyers said, was insufficient time to prepare any legal arguments for the proper defence. The persons who were scheduled to appear at the preliminary hearings are Jak Civre, Floyd Hall, Lisa Hall, Richard Padgett, Lillian Boyce, Jeffrey Hall, Chal Misick, Samuel Been, Melbourne Wilson, Earlson Robinson and Quinton Hall. On January 25th, Special Prosecutor Helen Garlick wrote a letter to the Registrar of the Supreme Court and the lawyers for the defendants requesting the postponement. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
ATTEMPTED MURDERER GETS 20 YEARS PAGE 2
NIB RESPONDS TO GOVERNOR PAGE 7
NEW WHEELCHAIR FOR JOVON
Jovon McIntosh, a paraplegic student at the Oseta Jolly Primary School in Blue Hills is now sporting a brand new wheelchair, which serves as a replacement to the rundown unit that he once owned, thanks to a trio of overseas doctors – Debbie Venditti – speech language pathologist from Toronto; Claire Richardson – occupational therapist from Upstate New York; Helen Leonard – Consultant Paediatrician from the UK and charity organization One World Foundation. The presentation was made on Thursday, February 2, at the National Stadium, just before the start of the Oseta Jolly Primary School Sports Annual Sports Day, and witnessed by the entire school population. Jovon’s previous chair had no rubber on the wheel, which prevented him from getting around as freely as he would have wanted. Jovon is seen here quite comfortable in the chair along with from left: mother Blonie McIntosh; Dr. Debbie Venditti; Winsome Fearon, the Oseta Jolly Guidance Cuncillor; Dr. Helen Leonard and Dr. Claire Richardson. The ladies sourced the device while One World Foundation stood the cost. Photo: Vivian Tyson
MORE DOUBTS ABOUT ELECTIONS THIS YEAR PG. 9
GRACE BAY HOTEL DEAL FLOPS PG. 11