Some thoughts:
1. With forensics playing a big part will kidnappers / murders think twice now about committing such heinous crimes?
2. I am interested to know what the nine they arrested will say about who hired them.
3. The woman who was blackmailing Coolman was also from Diego Martin - that place seems to be getting worst than Sealots!
It would be good if Mr. Coolman could give us some feedback here.
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1. With forensics playing a big part will kidnappers / murders think twice now about committing such heinous crimes? |
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FIVE months of rumours, suspicion, searching, public outcry, prayers and blame over the XtraFoods chief executive officer Vindra Naipaul-Coolman reached a turning point yesterday with the appearance of nine men at the Port of Spain Magistrates' Court. And one of the nine charged with the murder of kidnap victim Naipaul-Coolman turned spokesman for all the accused to request a speedy preliminary enquiry. "We are all brethren here, right, Miss, and we either have children or have children to come," was what Shervon Peters used as the basis for his argument to Senior Magistrate Lianne Lee Kim for a quick enquiry so "this could go to the High Court". The accused murderers- Peters, 20, Keida Garcia, brothers Marlon, 22, and Earl, 30, Trimmingham, Ronald Armstrong, Antonio Charles, Joey Lewis, Akeil Keron Glaster and Joel Fraser-are all from Upper La Puerta, Diego Martin. In response to Peters's concern, Lee Kim told him that while she was adjourning the matter to Wednesday, it did not mean that the State will be ready to start. She said the matter will start when attorneys for both sides indicate their readiness to do so. Moments before, a crowd, mostly relatives and friends of the accused, media persons and curious members of the public gathered outside the Court on St Vincent Street, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the nine men who were brought in a prison truck around 9.30 a.m. Lee Kim read the indictable charge when they stood before her which accuses them of murdering Naipaul-Coolman at Upper La Puerta, Diego Martin between December 18, 2006 and May 9, 2007. They were not called upon to plead and Lee Kim told them that the offence was not bailable.... |
Rather off topic, but... There are times in my life that I am unable to determine which emotion would be appropriate for certain situations; I am unsure whether I should laugh or start crying at the things that people say. |
So what is the latest with this case? This is the thing with this country, you get the men and then it takes decades to convict them, that is if they don't escape first!
Well here is an update on this matter. Twelve men were arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Vindra Naipaul-Coolman. Last weekend, it was reported that two men were released due to insufficient evidence. This poor lady's body was never found and yet, the police has arrested twelve men in connection with her kidnapping and murder and now they are forced to release two. I always thought that criminals were arrested and charged, once the police has sufficient evidence on them. But I guess in Trinidad, everything is in reverse: arrest and charge a criminal first and afterwards, decipher if there is enough evidence to build a case against the criminal. Only in Trinidad!
This is going to be a mickey mouse case. Today the men were supposed to appear in court. After an hour and a half of waiting the court was informed that the prisoners would not be coming because the prison had transportation trouble. This seemed to be very fishy. Such a high profile case and all of a sudden you have transport trouble?
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Such a high profile case and all of a sudden you have transport trouble? |
What do we really KNOW about this case? We just know a bunch of people were caught but we do not know for sure what the police had on them, we do not know any details about it which is so odd for such a high profile case. We hear that of some of these men are free...who kidnapped and murdered Mrs. Vindra Naipaul Coolman?