T&T Senior Counsel who sat in Linden probe inquiry murdered

Dana Seetahal

The legal fraternity of the region was yesterday rocked by the murder of well-known Trinidadian Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal who was gunned down in Trinidad early yesterday morning in what appears to be a well-planned hit.

Seetahal came to prominence locally when she was appointed as one of the three regional commissioners on the 2012 Linden Commission of Inquiry (COI) but she was also well known among the Guyanese legal fraternity since she lectured to many of the younger lawyers and also commented on local criminal proceedings. Her book on Caribbean criminal law procedure is well known and highly regarded.

Crime Stoppers in Trinidad has offered a reward of TT$1 million for any information leading to the