The release of two persons who were charged with two separate killings has raised questions as to the effectiveness of the justice system and the competence of police investigators and prosecutors.
Local cricketer Carlyle Barton was freed of a murder charge on Tuesday by Magistrate Fabayo Azore, who found that there was insufficient evidence offered by the prosecution and as such he could not be committed to stand trial in the High Court. The major issue in this case was that a video recording of the shooting which implicated Barton was never tendered, as the investigating rank had never returned to court to do so.
Then on Thursday, 76-year-old Jahora Ramnauth walked out of the High Court a free woman. She had been accused of murdering her
