Extradition retrial for 4 men adjourned to December 5, 2014
The four were scheduled for an appearance in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday September 5, 2014. However the Prosecution informed the Magistrate that the matter of appeal that was taken by three of the men had not concluded pending a decision by Justice Vicki Ann Ellis.
The four are facing possible extrication to the United States of America for trial for allegedly being part of a conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine. A Judicial Review hearing was previously requested by the men after local charges against them were dropped and fresh extradition proceedings were instituted by the Attorney General.
This has resulted in a stay in the extradition proceedings at the Magistrate's Court. The hearing was conducted by Justice Vicki Ann Ellis in February 2014.
The men’s lawyers, in their application for a Judicial Review to Justice Vicki Ann Ellis, had questioned the Governor’s decision to issue a second Order to Proceed with an extradition hearing and opined that this can be interpreted as an abuse of discretional power. They also alleged that the new request has very little "new" evidence.
The Government, through the Attorney General's (AG) Chambers, had filed an appeal against a High Court’s decision made by Justice Albert Redhead on September 17, 2012 which ruled against the extradition to the United States of the five men accused of being involved in a drug ring.
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