A retrial has been ordered for a Jamaican couple accused of human trafficking including of a 16-year-old Guyanese girl; their daughter who faced similar charges has been freed by a court in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Jamaica Gleaner reported yesterday that Justice Jennifer Straw ordered the retrial in the Home Circuit Court after the seven-member jury returned a divided verdict for the couple. Kingston businesswoman, Hermalinda Parker, and her husband, Anthony, are accused of human trafficking. Parker’s daughter, Lynn Scantlebury, was freed following a unanimous verdict of not guilty.
The Gleaner reported that after seven weeks of trial, the jury deliberated for more than five hours before returning a
