DPP moves to include judge’s affidavit in Lusignan massacre trial appeal

The Court of Appeal will next month rule on an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack to have two affidavits, including one from the Trial Judge,  included as part of the record in the appeal of the acquittals of the Lusignan Massacre accused.

When the matter began yesterday before the panel of Appeal Judges comprising Chancellor (ag) Carl Singh, Justice Rabi Shankar Sukul and Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards, Ali-Hack made the application, which was met with an objection by attorney Nigel Hughes, who is representing one of the accused.

The trial, which concluded on August 2, ended with James Anthony Hyles, called ‘Sally,’ and Mark Royden Williams,