Four Guyanese who were jailed in Barbados in December, 2009 over cocaine in lumber will have their applications for leave to appeal against their convictions heard by the Barbados Court of Appeal following a ruling by the top court in the region, the CCJ on February 3rd, 2016.
Considering the applications of Rohan Shastri Rambarran, Lemme Campbell, Somwattie Persaud and Wayne Gavin Green, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) disagreed with the Barbados Court of Appeal’s finding on February 5th, 2015 that the notice of appeal by three of them had been filed out of time.
The CCJ further ruled that the Barbados Court of Appeal had also erred in its oral decision of March 13th, 2015 when it found itself functus officio (of no further official authority) and in finding the four applications before it for an
