Dr. Richard Van West-Charles has been awarded damages to the tune of $10 million against the Kaieteur News which had published libelous statements concerning his fuel company—Atlantic Fuels Inc.
The ruling was handed down last week by High Court Judge Navindra Singh who found that allegations of fuel-smuggling and under-invoicing levelled against the fuel company by Kaieteur News were unsubstantiated.
Van West-Charles had instituted legal proceedings against the Kaieteur News back in August of 2019 over a series of articles published between January 6th and March 27th, 2019 which he said were false and defamed both him and his business.
