Jamaican dancehall star Adidja Palmer, popularly known as Vybz Kartel, has regained freedom after spending 12 years in jail.
Kartel and three other men, Shawn ‘Shawn Storm’ Campbell, Andre St John, and Kahira Jones, were accused in the 2011 murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams.
They wеrе оrіgіnаllу соnvісtеd іn 2014 аnd ѕеntеnсеd tо lіfе іn рrіѕоn.
Ноwеvеr, thеіr соnvісtіоnѕ wеrе оvеrturnеd bу thе Рrіvу Соunсіl іn Маrсh 2024 duе tо јurоr mіѕсоnduсt, lеаdіng tо thе сurrеnt арреаl оn whеthеr а rеtrіаl ѕhоuld tаkе рlасе.
The Court of Appeal of Jamaica on Wednesday, decided against a retrial, marking the end of a nearly 13-year legal battle that has gripped the country.
Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop, the newly appointed President of the Court of Appeal, led the panel of judges that delivered the much-anticipated decision.
While Kartel, Campbell, and St John are now free men, Jones will remain in custody due to a sentence in an unrelated case.
Vybz Kartel shared a clip of himself celebrating his freedom with his wife on Wednesday night.
In the X caption, he wrote: “Am out! Me and wifey.”
Kartel and three other men, Shawn ‘Shawn Storm’ Campbell, Andre St John, and Kahira Jones, were accused in the 2011 murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams.
They wеrе оrіgіnаllу соnvісtеd іn 2014 аnd ѕеntеnсеd tо lіfе іn рrіѕоn.
Ноwеvеr, thеіr соnvісtіоnѕ wеrе оvеrturnеd bу thе Рrіvу Соunсіl іn Маrсh 2024 duе tо јurоr mіѕсоnduсt, lеаdіng tо thе сurrеnt арреаl оn whеthеr а rеtrіаl ѕhоuld tаkе рlасе.
The Court of Appeal of Jamaica on Wednesday, decided against a retrial, marking the end of a nearly 13-year legal battle that has gripped the country.
Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop, the newly appointed President of the Court of Appeal, led the panel of judges that delivered the much-anticipated decision.
While Kartel, Campbell, and St John are now free men, Jones will remain in custody due to a sentence in an unrelated case.
Vybz Kartel shared a clip of himself celebrating his freedom with his wife on Wednesday night.
In the X caption, he wrote: “Am out! Me and wifey.”
