McDougall Report ruled inadmissible in Jagdeo $10M libel suit

– defence plans to call author as witness

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Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday ruled the 2008 McDougall Report inadmissible as evidence, but the defence later signalled its intention to have the author, UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues, Gay Mc Dougall, testify via audio videoing.

The defence had sought to have the document admitted into evidence in the $10 million libel suit filed by…..


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