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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Corporal Elaine Stewart, who will appeal the five-year sentence she was handed for her culpability in Mario Deane’s 2014 death...
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica—The three cops who were found guilty for the incident in which 31-year-old construction worker Mario Deane was fatally beaten wh...
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Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 22, 2024
A civil case is being brought against Matthew Hyde, even as defence attorneys petition to keep his prison time down to as low as three years in his cr...
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MONTEGO BAY, St James — Arguing that Gregory Roberts is a habitual criminal, the prosecution on Friday asked the court to consider slapping him with l...

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