The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that Samuel Hinds Jr be retried, though he was facing sentencing after being found guilty of beating his sister-in-law and the presiding magistrate has now set April 17 for a decision on whether the matter will be tried again or sentence passed.
Hinds Jr, son of Prime Minster Samuel Hinds, was found guilty by Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond of beating his sister-in-law, Tenza Lane, with a cane and threatening her with a gun on February 27, last year, at his Lot 83 Duke Street, Kingston, home.
After Hinds Jr’s conviction, Magistrate Chandan-Edmond had set February 20 for sentencing, pending the
